MLB · Baseball · Aug 18, 2026 20:05 EDT · avg book margin 6.9%
Chicago CubsvsChicago White Sox
Cubs-White Sox totals market shows 2.4% overpricing at one book — 23 hours from first pitch
What happened: Final score: 3–3. The edge paid: the flagged side won, returning +1.10 units on a flat 1-unit stake. The closing line moved against the signal (-7.2% 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.
The setup — the analysis as published at detection, written 23.2 hours before start and frozen for the record. The market it describes has since closed; the outcome is above.
At detection — 23 hours before Chicago Cubs vs Chicago White Sox (MLB) — the totals market has fractured across sportsbooks. One operator is quoting a price that sits 2.4% above the fair value independent sharp sources have converged on. The gap is live as of writing; this is active market dislocation, not post-game analysis.
When bookmakers quote this wide apart on the same contract, one side is mispriced. The sharp consensus identifies which.
That fair line draws from 11 independent sharp sources, so the benchmark reflects distributed professional judgment rather than any single book's model.
Baseball totals in this odds range carry a track record: across 770 settled signals in this segment, cumulative ROI has reached +5.0% when comparable edges have triggered.
Mispricings of this magnitude do not typically survive to first pitch. Historical patterns suggest comparable edges in this market segment compress toward consensus 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.
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@ 2.15
79Omen Score
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A sample of bookmakers on this betnear close — every price against the same no-vig fair
Bookmaker
Odds
Vs fair
Hard Rock
2.15
+0.9%
espn-bet
2.10
-1.4%
Hard Rock
2.10
-1.4%
1xBet
2.08
-2.3%
Matchbook
2.08
-2.3%
sport888
2.05
-3.8%
betparx
1.96
-7.9%
Bally Bet
1.96
-7.9%
BetRivers
1.96
-7.9%
PMU
1.83
-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 04:31 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).