Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago White Sox
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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)
Chicago White Sox ML (-133, Caesars) · confidence 55.0% of 10,000 sims · edge -2.1 pts · 0u
Bubba Chandler (4.30 ERA, 1.37 WHIP) vs Sean Burke (3.20 ERA, 1.14 WHIP).
Projected 4.4–4.8; sim total 9.3 against a 8.5 line; park factor 1.03.
Market at board time: moneyline +123 / -143 (consensus at board time) · total 8.5.
Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
- Rule 2 check passed: market line -133 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 53.2% vs de-vigged market 56.8%: 3.6-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 55.0% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
- Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -2.1 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 0.300 vs league 0.316 (gap +0.016, threshold 0.035).
- Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
- Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 84°F at first pitch: run environment x1.054. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.
👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Over 8.5 (+100, BetRivers) · model 54.3% · edge +4.3 pts · divergence +5.4 pts
Open vs close
| Market | Board time | Close |
|---|---|---|
| Moneyline (away / home) | +123 / -143 | +122 / -143 |
| Total | 8.5 | 8.5 (o-106 / u-114) |
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): Over 8.5 (+100, BetRivers) — WIN (+1.00u 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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