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MLB · Friday, September 4, 2026

Arizona Diamondbacks @ Houston Astros

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Houston Astros ML (-127, BetUS) · confidence 53.0% of 10,000 sims · edge -2.9 pts · 0u

Merrill Kelly (5.08 ERA, 1.48 WHIP) vs Cristian Javier (6.45 ERA, 1.63 WHIP).

Projected 4.5–4.7; sim total 9.3 against a 9 line; park factor 0.97.

Market at board time: moneyline +115 / -132 (consensus at board time) · total 9.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -127 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 51.0% vs de-vigged market 55.0%: 4.0-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 53.0% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -2.9 pts (minimum 2). No allocation; a good side at a bad price is a bad bet.
  • Rule 4 flag: Cristian Javier under 60 IP this deep in the season (limited workload / possible IL return). Volume freeze: confidence downgraded one tier.
  • Rule 6 check passed: away 14-day wOBA 0.296 vs league 0.318 (gap +0.023, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather: roofed park, no adjustment (totals paper track).

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Under 9 (-118, LowVig.ag) · model 58.7% · edge +4.5 pts · divergence +6.5 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+115 / -132-108 / -108
Total98.5 (o-110 / u-110)

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 (market-proving, paper, 0u staked): Under 9 (-118, LowVig.ag) — WIN (+0.85u 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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