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MLB · Thursday, September 24, 2026

Miami Marlins @ Chicago Cubs

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The lean (0 units — logged, not staked)

Chicago Cubs -1.5 run line · confidence 43.0% of 10,000 sims · edge -6.2 pts · 0u

Tyler Phillips (3.45 ERA, 1.31 WHIP) vs Matthew Boyd (4.06 ERA, 1.22 WHIP).

Projected 4.4–5.1; sim total 9.6 against a 7 line; park factor 1.02.

Market at board time: moneyline +170 / -200 (consensus at board time) · total 7.

Circuit-breaker log (7 checks)
  • Rule 2 fired: market line -193 exceeds the day-game juice cap (-170): pivoted off the moneyline to CHC -1.5 (covers 43.0% of sims).
  • Rule 8 check passed: raw model 54.9% vs de-vigged market 64.3%: 9.3-point divergence within the 12-point cap (blended to 43.0% at MODEL_WEIGHT=0.5).
  • Edge gate: model edge vs offered price is -6.3 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 0.311 vs league 0.316 (gap +0.005, threshold 0.035).
  • Rules 3/5 (velocity/spin telemetry): manual review required: Statcast feed not wired.
  • Weather (totals paper track ONLY): 64°F at first pitch: run environment x0.976. Applied to the paper totals pick; the staked board ignores weather entirely.

👁 Watch (market-proving, 0u): Over 7 (-102, LowVig.ag) · model 58.4% · edge +7.9 pts · divergence +8.8 pts

Open vs close

MarketBoard timeClose
Moneyline (away / home)+170 / -200+170 / -208
Total77 (o-110 / 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.

❌ Watch pick (market-proving, paper, 0u staked): Over 7 (-102, LowVig.ag) — LOSS (-1.00u 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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