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MLB · Friday, September 18, 2026

Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Tampa Bay Rays ML (-131, BetOnline.ag) · confidence 52.8% of 10,000 sims · edge -3.9 pts · 0u

Ranger Suarez (3.33 ERA, 1.19 WHIP) vs Ian Seymour (4.27 ERA, 1.14 WHIP).

Projected 4–4.1; sim total 8.1 against a 7 line; park factor 1.00.

Market at board time: moneyline +116 / -135 (consensus at board time) · total 7.

Circuit-breaker log (6 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -131 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 50.3% vs de-vigged market 55.4%: 5.1-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 52.8% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -3.9 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 flag: away 14-day wOBA 0.279 trails league 0.321 by 0.041 (threshold 0.035). 8% run tax applied to the away run rate.
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+116 / -135+115 / -137
Total77 (o-108 / u-111)

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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