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MLB · Friday, September 4, 2026

Chicago Cubs @ Miami Marlins

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Chicago Cubs ML (-152, BetOnline.ag) · confidence 55.7% of 10,000 sims · edge -4.6 pts · 0u

Shota Imanaga (4.01 ERA, 1.14 WHIP) vs Janson Junk (4.11 ERA, 1.30 WHIP).

Projected 4.7–4.3; sim total 9 against a 8 line; park factor 0.95.

Market at board time: moneyline -155 / +134 (consensus at board time) · total 8.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -152 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 52.7% vs de-vigged market 58.7%: 6.0-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 55.7% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -4.6 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 0.393 vs league 0.318 (gap -0.075, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather: roofed park, no adjustment (totals paper track).

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-155 / +134-165 / +146
Total88 (o-113 / u-108)

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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