San Francisco Giants @ St. Louis Cardinals
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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)
St. Louis Cardinals ML (-160, BetUS) · confidence 57.0% of 10,000 sims · edge -4.5 pts · 0u
Blade Tidwell (4.82 ERA, 1.29 WHIP) vs Andre Pallante (3.45 ERA, 1.23 WHIP).
Projected 4.1–4.6; sim total 8.6 against a 8.5 line; park factor 0.97.
Market at board time: moneyline +140 / -165 (consensus at board time) · total 8.5.
Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
- Rule 2 check passed: market line -160 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 54.1% vs de-vigged market 59.9%: 5.8-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 57.0% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
- Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -4.5 pts (minimum 2). No allocation; a good side at a bad price is a bad bet.
- Rule 4 flag: Blade Tidwell under 60 IP this deep in the season (limited workload / possible IL return). Volume freeze: confidence downgraded one tier.
- Rule 6 check passed: away 14-day wOBA 0.320 vs league 0.325 (gap +0.004, threshold 0.035).
- Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
- Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 90°F at first pitch: run environment x1.082 + 5% hot-day kicker vs away SP fly-ball (64% air outs). Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.
👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Over 8.5 (+105, LowVig.ag) · model 52.1% · edge +3.4 pts · divergence +4.3 pts
Open vs close
| Market | Board time | Close |
|---|---|---|
| Moneyline (away / home) | +140 / -165 | +148 / -174 |
| Total | 8.5 | 8 (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.
✅ Watch pick (market-proving, paper, 0u staked): Over 8.5 (+105, LowVig.ag) — WIN (+1.05u 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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