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MLB · Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Houston Astros @ Seattle Mariners

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Seattle Mariners ML (-128, BetUS) · confidence 53.4% of 10,000 sims · edge -2.8 pts · 0u

Cristian Javier (5.31 ERA, 1.46 WHIP) vs Logan Gilbert (3.69 ERA, 1.06 WHIP).

Projected 4–4.1; sim total 8.1 against a 7.5 line; park factor 0.92.

Market at board time: moneyline +116 / -137 (consensus at board time) · total 7.5.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 check passed: market line -128 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 51.2% vs de-vigged market 55.5%: 4.3-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 53.4% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -2.8 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 0.321 vs league 0.322 (gap +0.001, 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)+116 / -137+115 / -137
Total7.57 (o-120 / u+100)

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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