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MLB · Friday, September 4, 2026

Boston Red Sox @ Baltimore Orioles

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Boston Red Sox ML (-115, Caesars) · confidence 52.2% of 10,000 sims · edge -1.2 pts · 0u

Ranger Suarez (3.64 ERA, 1.24 WHIP) vs Shane Baz (4.01 ERA, 1.35 WHIP).

Projected 4.3–4.1; sim total 8.5 against a 8 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline -118 / +101 (consensus at board time) · total 8.

Circuit-breaker log (6 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -115 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 52.4% vs de-vigged market 52.1%: 0.3-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 52.2% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -1.2 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 0.333 vs league 0.318 (gap -0.015, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Under 8 (-102, BetMGM) · model 55.9% · edge +5.4 pts · divergence +7.0 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-118 / +101-142 / +120
Total88 (o-115 / u-105)

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 8 (-102, BetMGM) — WIN (+0.98u 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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