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MLB · Friday, September 4, 2026

Los Angeles Angels @ Pittsburgh Pirates

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Pittsburgh Pirates -1.5 run line · confidence 46.5% of 10,000 sims · edge -4.0 pts · 0u

Ryan Johnson (5.47 ERA, 1.42 WHIP) vs Jared Jones (4.83 ERA, 1.28 WHIP).

Projected 3.8–5; sim total 8.8 against a 8.5 line; park factor 0.97.

Market at board time: moneyline +163 / -193 (consensus at board time) · total 8.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 fired: market line -190 exceeds the night-game juice cap (-180): pivoted off the moneyline to PIT -1.5 (covers 46.5% of sims).
  • Rule 8 check passed: raw model 59.7% vs de-vigged market 63.4%: 3.7-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 46.5% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -4.0 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 flag: away 14-day wOBA 0.269 trails league 0.318 by 0.049 (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): 78°F at first pitch: run environment x1.031. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+163 / -193+150 / -174
Total8.57.5 (o-120 / u+100)

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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