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04 · Research

What we track but don't bet.

The card only shows picks we put real money behind. Everything else lives here — markets the model produces, scored against outcomes, transparently held to the same standard before any of it earns a spot on the card.

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Shadow markets

For each market the model handicaps but we don't currently bet, we track every pick it would have made and resolve it against the actual outcome. P&L below is paper for prop markets and shadow for runline (no money at stake). CLV is measured for runline only; prop closing odds aren't consistently captured.

Market
Settled
Record
P&L (u)
Avg CLV
Runline (shadow)
tier-1 candidate
72
37-35(51.4%)
+6.17u
+3.56%
Strikeout props (paper)
tracking
39
20-19(51.3%)
+0.83u
+2.63%
Hitter props (paper)
held back
214
123-91(57.5%)
-2.74u
Runline (shadow)

Derived from the moneyline ensemble + totals model via Pythagorean inversion. Tracked alongside the daily card; not on the card yet because we want a longer settled sample before sizing real money behind it.

Strikeout props (paper)

Pitcher K over/unders. The model produces picks; they're paper-traded so we can score the projection without committing units. Roughly break-even so far — close to the bar, but not enough edge to displace ML/totals.

Hitter props (paper)

Hitter hits over/unders. Hardest market we track — line liquidity is thin and prop juice eats most of the edge. Currently net negative in paper, which is exactly why we don't bet it.