MLB · Baseball · Aug 19, 2026 19:40 EDT · avg book margin 4.3%

Kansas City RoyalsvsAthletics

Royals–Athletics moneyline: FanDuel's 2.70 decimal sits 6.7% above sharp consensus, 2 hours before first pitch

What happened: Final score: 9–7. 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 (-6.8% CLV) — honest note: on this one, the market did not confirm the edge. For the record: the flagged price stayed live for about 3 hours after detection before the edge closed.

How it ended, price by price: Kansas City Royals vs Athletics — full match recap with closing odds

Offered at FanDuel2.70Fair price2.53+6.7% above fair

Omenizer detected 5 bookmakers pricing this bet above the no-vig fair near close — this story covers one of them. Members see the full board, live.

The setup — the analysis as published at detection, written 2.5 hours before start and frozen for the record. The market it describes has since closed; the outcome is above.

At detection — 2 hours before Kansas City Royals vs Athletics (MLB) — the moneyline market fractures across sportsbooks. FanDuel is quoting decimal odds of 2.70 on one side, a price that sits 6.7% above the benchmark sharp sources have converged on. The dislocation is active at detection; this is market mispricing in real time, not retrospective commentary.

The consensus fair value rests on 4 independent sharp sources, so the edge reflects distributed professional analysis rather than one operator's private model.

This signal aligns with 1 historically profitable pattern from the Playbook; that pattern's strongest instance has returned +10.1% ROI on closed bets.

Baseball moneyline signals at mid-range odds carry a track record: across 616 settled bets in this exact segment, comparable edges have produced +13.9% cumulative ROI.

Mispricings of this magnitude do not typically persist to first pitch. Historical patterns suggest comparable edges in this market compress toward consensus within roughly 9 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 20, 2026 02:21 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).