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MLB · Sunday, September 20, 2026

Toronto Blue Jays @ Texas Rangers

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Texas Rangers ML (-157, BetRivers) · confidence 54.4% of 10,000 sims · edge -6.7 pts · 0u

Spencer Miles (2.65 ERA, 1.09 WHIP) vs Jacob deGrom (3.79 ERA, 1.07 WHIP).

Projected 4–3.9; sim total 7.9 against a 7.5 line; park factor 0.98.

Market at board time: moneyline +140 / -165 (consensus at board time) · total 7.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -157 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 48.9% vs de-vigged market 59.9%: 11.0-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 54.4% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -6.7 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 0.316 vs league 0.322 (gap +0.007, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather: roofed park, no adjustment (totals paper track).

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+140 / -165+149 / -175
Total7.57.5 (o+104 / u-125)

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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