MLB · Baseball · Aug 20, 2026 20:05 EDT · avg book margin 6.8%
Texas RangersvsWashington Nationals
Totals show 2.1% gap between bookmakers — sharp consensus at 10 hours to first pitch
What happened: Final score: 2–0. 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 (-0.1% CLV) — honest note: on this one, the market did not confirm the edge. For the record: the flagged price stayed live for about 10 hours after detection before the edge closed.
The setup — the analysis as published at detection, written 9.9 hours before start and frozen for the record. The market it describes has since closed; the outcome is above.
As of 10 hours before Texas Rangers vs Washington Nationals (MLB), the totals market is fragmenting across sportsbooks. One side carries a 2.1% premium over where independent sharp operators have clustered their estimates. The divergence is active and measurable at time of detection.
When betting shops scatter their pricing this widely, disagreement about fair value is structural, not incidental. The sharp consensus identifies which side carries the edge.
44 independent sharp sources converge on this market, meaning the consensus line reflects distributed professional analysis rather than any single book's judgment.
This signal aligns with 1 historically profitable pattern in the Playbook — the strongest pattern has posted +8.2% on bets that reached settlement.
The historical record supports action in this corner of the market: baseball totals at mid-range odds have generated +3.6% ROI across 826 fully settled bets when comparable signals appeared.
Mispricings at this scale typically close before the opening pitch — edges in this market segment have held for roughly 20 hours on average before sharp action tightens the line.
Historical, aggregate data on settled bets — not betting advice and not a guarantee. Markets adapt; edges fade; variance is real.
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· MLB · Baseball — flagged side Under 8.5
@ 2.15
79Omen Score
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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
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 21, 2026 02:31 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).