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MLB · Thursday, September 17, 2026

Los Angeles Dodgers @ Cincinnati Reds

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Los Angeles Dodgers ML (-158, BetOnline.ag) · confidence 58.8% of 10,000 sims · edge -2.5 pts · 0u

Justin Wrobleski (3.78 ERA, 1.16 WHIP) vs Brady Singer (5.38 ERA, 1.51 WHIP).

Projected 5.4–4.4; sim total 9.8 against a 9.5 line; park factor 1.04.

Market at board time: moneyline -163 / +138 (consensus at board time) · total 9.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -158 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 57.9% vs de-vigged market 59.6%: 1.7-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 58.8% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -2.5 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 0.334 vs league 0.320 (gap -0.014, 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 x1.079 + 5% hot-day kicker vs away SP fly-ball (55% air outs). Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)-163 / +138-166 / +140
Total9.510 (o-118 / u-113)

Capture caveat, verbatim: first capture was after first pitch — weak close.

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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