MLB · Baseball · Sep 03, 2026 12:35 EDT

Pittsburgh PiratesvsSan Francisco Giants

DraftKings is paying 2.2% over the sharp consensus in the totals market, 8 hours before first pitch

What happened: Final score: 5–2. 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 (-3.4% CLV) — honest note: on this one, the market did not confirm the edge. For the record: the flagged price stayed live for about 7 hours after detection before the edge closed.

How it ended, price by price: Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants — full match recap with closing odds

Offered at DraftKings2.00Fair price1.96+2.2% above fair

This story covers a single signal — right now the member board has 508 live signals across 187 matches, found the same way.

The setup — the analysis as published at detection, written 7.9 hours before start and frozen for the record. The market it describes has since closed; the outcome is above.

8 hours before Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants (MLB), bookmakers disagree about the totals market — and one side of that disagreement is currently priced 2.2% above the sharp consensus at DraftKings, at decimal odds of 2.00. This is a live edge, not a post-mortem: the window is open as this page is generated.

The spread of prices across books is unusually wide right now — when bookmakers can't agree, someone is wrong, and the sharp consensus says which side.

42 independent sharp sources price this market, so the fair line behind that edge isn't one book's opinion.

Edges like this don't wait for first pitch: in this market, they have typically held for about 19 hours before the price corrects.

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

This is the complete breakdown members get for every live signal. The example below is a DIFFERENT match, already settled — its market is closed, so full disclosure costs nothing. Everything is real except values marked 🔒, which are members-only (decoy digits shown).

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 Sep 03, 2026 19:33 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).