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MLB · Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Athletics @ Tampa Bay Rays

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Tampa Bay Rays ML (-174, FanDuel) · confidence 58.8% of 10,000 sims · edge -4.7 pts · 0u

Brady Basso (3.86 ERA, 1.39 WHIP) vs Nick Martinez (2.92 ERA, 1.07 WHIP).

Projected 4.1–4.9; sim total 9 against a 8 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline +153 / -180 (consensus at board time) · total 8.

Circuit-breaker log (6 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -174 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 55.7% vs de-vigged market 61.9%: 6.2-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 58.8% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -4.7 pts (minimum 2). No allocation; a good side at a bad price is a bad bet.
  • Rule 4 flag: Brady Basso 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 0.324 vs league 0.320 (gap -0.004, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+153 / -180+152 / -180
Total88 (o-106 / u-115)

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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