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MLB · Thursday, September 3, 2026

Milwaukee Brewers @ Chicago Cubs

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Milwaukee Brewers ML (-103, BetRivers) · confidence 51.0% of 10,000 sims · edge +0.2 pts · 0u

Logan Henderson (2.48 ERA, 0.83 WHIP) vs Kevin Gausman (4.52 ERA, 1.27 WHIP).

Projected 4.8–4.7; sim total 9.4 against a 8 line; park factor 1.02.

Market at board time: moneyline -114 / -102 (consensus at board time) · total 8.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -103 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 50.6% vs de-vigged market 51.3%: 0.7-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 51.0% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is +0.2 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 0.356 vs league 0.318 (gap -0.038, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 80°F at first pitch: run environment x1.038. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-114 / -102-123 / +107
Total88.5 (o-105 / u-115)

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.

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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