MLB · Baseball · Jul 20, 2026 20:05 EDT · avg book margin 9.9%

Texas RangersvsChicago White Sox

Totals showing 2.3% divergence from sharp pricing, 27 hours until first pitch

What happened: Final score: 3–10. The edge paid: the flagged side won, returning +1.15 units on a flat 1-unit stake. The closing line moved against the signal (-8.7% CLV) — honest note: on this one, the market did not confirm the edge. For the record: the flagged price stayed live for about 27 hours after detection before the edge closed.
Offered2.15Fair price2.10+2.3% above fair

The setup — the analysis as published at detection, written 27.4 hours before start and frozen for the record. The market it describes has since closed; the outcome is above.

With 27 hours remaining before Texas Rangers face Chicago White Sox in MLB, the totals market has fractured across sportsbooks. One pricing faction sits 2.3% away from sharp consensus—a live discrepancy, updating in real time as the page refreshes.

When books scatter this far on a single market, it signals genuine disagreement about where value lives. The sharp consensus identifies which side carries the edge.

Fourteen independent sharp operators have priced this totals line, anchoring the consensus rather than relying on any single book's judgment.

The setup overlaps with 3 historically profitable patterns from our Playbook—the strongest among them returned +13.0% ROI across settled bets.

This segment carries a track record: baseball totals at these odds depths show +2.5% cumulative ROI across 1196 closed bets on our board.

Pricing dislocations in this category typically compress within about 20 hours as the market recalibrates toward sharp consensus before first pitch.

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 03:31 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).