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MLB · Sunday, September 20, 2026

Atlanta Braves @ Houston Astros

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Houston Astros ML (-139, BetRivers) · confidence 53.0% of 10,000 sims · edge -5.2 pts · 0u

Martín Pérez (3.07 ERA, 1.26 WHIP) vs Hunter Brown (3.43 ERA, 1.29 WHIP).

Projected 4.3–4.1; sim total 8.4 against a 8 line; park factor 0.97.

Market at board time: moneyline +125 / -146 (consensus at board time) · total 8.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -139 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 48.8% vs de-vigged market 57.2%: 8.4-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 53.0% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -5.2 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 0.314 vs league 0.322 (gap +0.008, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather: roofed park, no adjustment (totals paper track).

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Under 8 (-102, LowVig.ag) · model 56.2% · edge +5.7 pts · divergence +7.3 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+125 / -146+130 / -153
Total88 (o-115 / u-105)

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): Under 8 (-102, LowVig.ag) — WIN (+0.98u 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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