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MLB · Friday, September 4, 2026

Milwaukee Brewers @ Cincinnati Reds

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Milwaukee Brewers ML (-153, Caesars) · confidence 59.0% of 10,000 sims · edge -1.5 pts · 0u

Shane Drohan (3.75 ERA, 1.30 WHIP) vs Rhett Lowder (5.14 ERA, 1.46 WHIP).

Projected 5.3–4.2; sim total 9.5 against a 9.5 line; park factor 1.04.

Market at board time: moneyline -159 / +136 (consensus at board time) · total 9.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -153 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 58.8% vs de-vigged market 59.2%: 0.4-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 59.0% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -1.5 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 0.343 vs league 0.318 (gap -0.025, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 98°F at first pitch: run environment x1.112. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-159 / +136-160 / +138
Total9.59.5 (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.

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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