MLB · Baseball · Aug 18, 2026 19:10 EDT

Boston Red SoxvsArizona Diamondbacks

Arizona Diamondbacks vs Boston Red Sox: FanDuel totals quoted 3.0% above sharp consensus, 28 hours from first pitch

What happened: Final score: 9–4. 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 (-22.3% CLV) — honest note: on this one, the market did not confirm the edge. For the record: the flagged price stayed live for about 8 hours after detection before the edge closed.

How it ended, price by price: Boston Red Sox vs Arizona Diamondbacks — full match recap with closing odds

Offered at FanDuel2.06Fair price2.00+3.0% above fair

This story covers a single signal — right now the member board has 662 live signals across 274 matches, found the same way.

The setup — the analysis as published at detection, written 28.1 hours before start and frozen for the record. The market it describes has since closed; the outcome is above.

At detection—28 hours before Arizona Diamondbacks meet Boston Red Sox (MLB)—the totals market shows a split. FanDuel's current decimal odds of 2.06 sit 3.0% above the consensus line drawn from independent sharp sources. This is an open window, not hindsight: the edge exists as this analysis was written.

The pricing sits 5.2 standard deviations beyond the cluster where other books have gathered—a statistical anomaly that exceeds normal market drift.

Six independent sharp operators have priced this totals line, so the consensus underlying the edge rests on distributed professional judgment.

The signal matches 1 historically profitable pattern from our Playbook, which shows +20.6% ROI on its closed bet sample.

On 767 settled baseball totals bets in the mid-odds range, comparable signals have produced +4.9% cumulative ROI.

Mispricings at this magnitude typically compress before first pitch. Historical data suggests comparable edges in this segment have closed within roughly 20 hours from detection.

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

AN EXAMPLE OF THE MEMBER VIEW · what members see on a bet like this — shown for a different, already-settled match PRO
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 Aug 19, 2026 02:11 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).