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MLB · Friday, September 18, 2026

Miami Marlins @ San Diego Padres

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

San Diego Padres -1.5 run line · confidence 38.7% of 10,000 sims · edge -8.4 pts · 0u

Tyler Phillips (3.55 ERA, 1.33 WHIP) vs Nick Pivetta (3.60 ERA, 1.00 WHIP).

Projected 4–4.2; sim total 8.2 against a 7.5 line; park factor 0.95.

Market at board time: moneyline +174 / -207 (consensus at board time) · total 7.5.

Circuit-breaker log (6 checks)
  • Rule 2 fired: market line -200 exceeds the night-game juice cap (-180): pivoted off the moneyline to SD -1.5 (covers 38.7% of sims).
  • Rule 8 fired: raw model sees 51.7%, de-vigged market says 64.9%: a 13.2-point divergence (cap 12). When the model and the market disagree this hard, the market usually knows something our inputs do not (lineups, injury news, form). Demoted to lean pending manual review.
  • Rule 4 flag: Nick Pivetta 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 0.334 vs league 0.321 (gap -0.014, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 72°F at first pitch: run environment x1.007. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

👁 Watch (R8-hold, 0u): San Diego Padres ML (-200, FanDuel) · model 38.7% · edge -8.4 pts · divergence -13.2 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+174 / -207+130 / -152
Total7.57.5 (o-117 / u-102)

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 (R8-hold, paper, 0u staked): San Diego Padres ML (-200, FanDuel) — WIN (+0.50u 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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