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MLB · Saturday, September 12, 2026

New York Mets @ New York Yankees

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

New York Yankees ML (-157, BetOnline.ag) · confidence 57.7% of 10,000 sims · edge -3.4 pts · 0u

Zac Thornton (3.53 ERA, 1.19 WHIP) vs Gerrit Cole (3.41 ERA, 1.09 WHIP).

Projected 4–4.7; sim total 8.6 against a 8 line; park factor 1.03.

Market at board time: moneyline +140 / -164 (consensus at board time) · total 8.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -157 within the day-game juice cap (-170; night -180, day -170, day = first pitch before 17:00 venue-local).
  • Rule 8 check passed: raw model 55.5% vs de-vigged market 59.9%: 4.3-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 57.7% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -3.4 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 0.350 vs league 0.319 (gap -0.031, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 80°F at first pitch: run environment x1.039. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+140 / -164+140 / -165
Total88 (o-115 / u-105)

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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