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MLB · Friday, September 4, 2026

Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Cleveland Guardians ML (-135, Caesars) · confidence 55.1% of 10,000 sims · edge -2.3 pts · 0u

Andrew Sears (6.75 ERA, 1.35 WHIP) vs Foster Griffin (3.21 ERA, 1.12 WHIP).

Projected 3.7–4.2; sim total 8 against a 8 line; park factor 0.97.

Market at board time: moneyline +119 / -137 (consensus at board time) · total 8.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -135 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 54.4% vs de-vigged market 55.9%: 1.5-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 55.1% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -2.3 pts (minimum 2). No allocation; a good side at a bad price is a bad bet.
  • Rule 4 flag: Andrew Sears under 60 IP this deep in the season (limited workload / possible IL return). Volume freeze: confidence downgraded one tier.
  • Rule 6 flag: away 14-day wOBA 0.251 trails league 0.318 by 0.068 (threshold 0.035). 8% run tax applied to the away run rate.
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 77°F at first pitch: run environment x1.029. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Under 8 (-105, FanDuel) · model 58.4% · edge +7.1 pts · divergence +8.3 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+119 / -137+124 / -144
Total87.5 (o-118 / u-102)

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 (-105, FanDuel) — WIN (+0.95u 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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