Houston Astros @ San Francisco Giants

Published pick reasoning

3★ official model pick (1u). Frozen distribution shows 4.0% uncertainty-adjusted EV at the offered price (7.7% raw projected EV) and a 4.9-point probability edge versus a 4.0% release floor. The public tier follows that conservative EV after all modeled lineup and calibration uncertainty. Projected score: 5.34-3.08 (8.42 total). Model: mlb_pa_simulation mlb-pa-sim-v2.8.1-ts. Inputs: confirmed 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: Houston Astros 1 @ San Francisco Giants 4

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