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MLB · Thursday, September 3, 2026

Miami Marlins @ Kansas City Royals

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Miami Marlins ML (+105, Caesars) · confidence 50.3% of 10,000 sims · edge +1.5 pts · 0u

Sandy Alcantara (3.46 ERA, 1.19 WHIP) vs Michael Wacha (3.32 ERA, 1.10 WHIP).

Projected 4.6–4.4; sim total 9 against a 9 line; park factor 1.03.

Market at board time: moneyline -102 / -115 (consensus at board time) · total 9.

Circuit-breaker log (9 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line +105 within the night-game juice cap (-180; night -180, day -170, day = first pitch before 17:00 venue-local).
  • Rule 8 check passed: raw model 52.0% vs de-vigged market 48.6%: 3.4-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 50.3% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is +1.5 pts (minimum 2). No allocation; a good side at a bad price is a bad bet.
  • Rule 4 check passed: both starters carry full-season workloads.
  • Rule 6 check passed: away 14-day wOBA 0.312 vs league 0.318 (gap +0.006, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 99°F at first pitch: run environment x1.116 + 5% hot-day kicker vs home SP fly-ball (56% air outs). Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.
  • ✳ Best of Board: the gates left no held plays today, so this is the model's top remaining lean — 0 units, NOT staked, published for transparency. The checks above show exactly which gate it failed.
  • 🎯 Daily Pick (v0.15): the slate's top-ranked eligible candidate (score 0.757) under the always-on strategy's lower, precommitted bar. 0u through the proving window (ends 2026-09-08); separate public ledger, never mixed with the Qualified record.

👁 Watch (edge-band, 0u): Miami Marlins ML (+105, Caesars) · model 50.3% · edge +1.5 pts · divergence +3.4 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-102 / -115+100 / -116
Total99 (o-119 / u+100)

The close is the last pre-first-pitch capture. Movement toward a side after we post is the fastest honest read on pick quality — see the CLV column on the ledger.

❌ Watch pick (edge-band, paper, 0u staked): Miami Marlins ML (+105, Caesars) — LOSS (-1.00u paper).

No stake rode on this game. The lean and its failed gates above are the whole position: passing is a position too.

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