MLB · Baseball · Jul 20, 2026 19:15 EDT · avg book margin 7.1%

Atlanta BravesvsSan Diego Padres

Totals market splits bookmakers; sharp consensus sits 2.3% below one outlier quote, 22 hours to first pitch

What happened: Final score: 3–2. This one lost. A real edge is a long-run average, not a per-bet promise — we publish every outcome either way. The closing line moved against the signal (-2.9% CLV) — honest note: on this one, the market did not confirm the edge. For the record: the flagged price stayed live for about 23 hours after detection before the edge closed.
Offered2.46Fair price2.40+2.4% above fair

The setup — the analysis as published at detection, written 22.4 hours before start and frozen for the record. The market it describes has since closed; the outcome is above.

Bookmakers are split on the totals for Atlanta Braves–San Diego Padres (MLB). One price currently trades 2.3% above where independent sharp operators have anchored consensus fair value. The gap is live now—this page captures a real disagreement, not a settled one, and the window to act on it remains open.

When books price a single market differently enough to matter, one of them is wrong—and when sharp sources converge, they tell you which. The current scatter across sportsbooks is wide enough to signal genuine disagreement.

Six independent sharp operators feed into the consensus line, so the fair-value anchor isn't drawn from any single operator's model.

Ten historically profitable patterns from our Playbook match this signal's structure. The top-performing variant has posted +14.7% ROI on settled bets.

Baseball totals in the mid-odds band have a trackable record. Across 1201 settled bets in this exact segment, historical returns came to +2.3% ROI—evidence that similar mispricings tend to convert.

Mispricings this size do not typically survive to first pitch. In this market segment, comparable edges have historically corrected within about 20 hours as sharp action closes the gap.

Historical, aggregate data on settled bets — not betting advice and not a guarantee. Markets adapt; edges fade; variance is real.

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Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals · MLB · Baseball — flagged side Under 8.5 @ 2.15
79 Omen Score

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Why this bet
+4.4%
Entry edge
+0.9%
Edge near close
+0.1%
Risk-adjusted edge
2.13
Fair price (no-vig)
2.25
Entry odds
Quality
80/100
Confidence
9
Sharp books
Prime signal
Class
Market state: Recreational consensus (no sharp anchor) · priced from: Market reference
Sizing
1.55%
Recommended stake
0.8%
Full Kelly (theoretical max)
Insights
Rec-book consensus only — no sharp anchor.High confidence + meaningful price gap — best risk-adjusted segment.
A sample of bookmakers on this betnear close — every price against the same no-vig fair
BookmakerOddsVs fair
Hard Rock2.15+0.9%
espn-bet2.10-1.4%
Hard Rock2.10-1.4%
1xBet2.08-2.3%
Matchbook2.08-2.3%
sport8882.05-3.8%
betparx1.96-7.9%
Bally Bet1.96-7.9%
BetRivers1.96-7.9%
PMU1.83-14.3%
Risk & profitability profile
Heavy favoriteFavoriteCoin flipUnderdogLongshot
2.15 odds → 47% implied win probability
47%
Fair win probability
+4.9% 🔒
Expected ROI (model)
+8.0% 🔒
Cohort realized ROI
The endingthe part only a settled signal can show
Detected Aug 17, 18:51 UTC at 2.25 (+4.4% edge) → fair price at close 2.13 → closing-line value +1.1%
✅ Settled: WON · +1.25 units
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Record settled · last updated Jul 21, 2026 01:42 UTC · How these numbers are made: methodology · the dataset — fair prices shown are margin-free. Spotted an error? Request a correction (include this page's URL).