Arizona Diamondbacks @ Kansas City Royals

Published pick reasoning

4★ official model pick (2u). Frozen distribution shows 9.9% exact-price projected EV and a 5.5-point probability edge versus a 4.0% release floor. The 5.2% uncertainty-adjusted lower EV remains visible for risk audit, while the allocator applies that uncertainty once through conservative stake sizing. Projected score: 4.82-3.89 (8.71 total). Model: mlb_pa_simulation mlb-pa-sim-v2.8.1-ts. Inputs: projected nine-man batting orders → 50,000 seeded plate appearances with pitch-family matchups, state-dependent starter hooks, role-aware bullpen transitions, shared run regimes, base/out state, weather, park, umpire, defense, steals, double plays, extra innings and walk-offs → one coherent game-and-player distribution. Historical signals cannot add release points; only matured forward-tested residual effects may adjust the underlying score means.

Result notes

Final: Arizona Diamondbacks 5 @ Kansas City Royals 3 · total 8 vs 9

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