Recent form
4-6
HOU -0.9 vs ATH -1.6 margin
HOU brings the hotter last-ten margin into this matchup tonight with balance.

ATH
49-78

HOU
64-63
Verdict
Pass · no edge tonight.
The model doesn't see daylight against the posted line on this game. We don't surface negative-EV picks; check the drill-down for sub-model context.
Why this matchup
1 signal · model + marketDrill down
Sub-model tables · ensemble breakdown · last meeting · book shop · player props
Pregame · scouting report
Probable starters, projected lineups, head-to-head this season, our model edge against the market — every angle on one surface.
Away starter

J.T. Ginn
SP · #35
8-7
W-L
3.53
ERA
1.22
WHIP
114
K
127.1
IP
Last 3 starts
Home starter

Hayden Wesneski
SP · #39
2-1
W-L
5.16
ERA
1.32
WHIP
18
K
22.2
IP
Last 3 starts
Vegas line
Lines post once a sportsbook releases them.
Model edge
Head to head
Scouting report · pre-game
HOU is 4-6 recently; ATH is 3-7.
66.5%
model · HOU win prob
Recent form
Situational
Rest is even. HOU has 0 straight road games; ATH has 3.
Model angle
Weather and park remove about 0.1 runs from the total environment.
Players to watch
Peter Lambert · 5.8 K · last-10 5.9 vs season 5.6.
J.T. Ginn · 4.8 K · last-10 4.9 vs season 4.6.
Jacob Lopez · 4.6 K · last-10 4.9 vs season 4.1.
Aggregated from r107 anatomy · r109 CLV history · r112 calibration · r118 line moves · r124 player projections · refreshes every 5 minutes
Model ensemble · how the prediction is built
Each sub-model uses a different rating substrate. Bayesian model averaging weights them by rolling Brier score so the ensemble inherits each model's strengths. Disagreement flags games where the sub-models don't see eye-to-eye — lower confidence, wider band.
66.1%
ensemble · HOU favored
Elo Static
70.9%
P(HOU win)
33%
weight
Elo Pitching
69.0%
P(HOU win)
33%
weight
Bullpen Park
70.9%
P(HOU win)
34%
weight
Disagreement
0.89 pp
weighted σ across sub-models
Confidence
94% · high
maps from disagreement
Substrate count
3 / 3 active
ones with full inputs tonight
Weights recalibrated nightly on a 90-day rolling window with strict point-in-time correctness — no model gets credit for a game it hasn't seen. Headline % is Platt-scaled per league; sub-model rows show raw BMA inputs.
Player projections
Per-player stat projections built from a recency-weighted blend of the last ten games, season average, and matchup context. Confidence reflects sample size and stability — the top of each list is who to watch.
128
projections · 103 high confidence
Strikeouts
Hits
Total bases
RBIs
Earned runs
Projections recompute every 30 minutes · prop lines plug in once sportsbook ingest lands
Matchup · 2026
MLB Stats API
ATH
league avg
HOU
.720
OPS
.719
▶.728
.318
OBP
.318
.317
4.37
Runs / G
4.50
▶4.57
5.50
Team ERA
4.17
▶4.55
1.51
WHIP
1.30
▶1.36
8.5
K / 9
8.5
▶8.9
ATH
Athletics
58-92
HOU★
Astros
82-72
Data via ESPN · MLB Stats API · Baseball Savant
Team pages
Elsewhere in the MLB
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ByTheOnemodel/auto-generated · live odds + scouting data/refreshes with the page
MLB · Box score
No player stats available yet.
No player stats available yet.
Team stats
ATH
Away
Stat
HOU
Home
555
Runs
580
1053
Hits
1035
60
Errors
56
1732
TB
1755
153
HR
170
417
BB
423
1081
K
1033
877
LOB
859
Season series
Series tied 3-3
Pitching matchup · today
ESPN · season stats
J.T. Ginn
#35 · 8-7
ERA
3.53
K
114
SV
—
Last 3 starts

H. Wesneski
#39 · 2-1
ERA
5.16
K
18
SV
—
Last 3 starts
Scouting report
ATH @ HOU
Rest going in
2 days
last game Aug 19
2 days
last game Aug 19
Tale of the tape
49-78
Record
64-63
#15
Conf rank
#5
-1.4
Pt diff
-0.2
L3
Streak
W1
3-7
Last 10
4-6
Bullpen used yesterday
ATH
2.3 bullpen IP
L 9-7 · Aug 19
HOU
5.3 bullpen IP · heavy
W 3-2 · Aug 19
Composite signals from ESPN standings + 21-day power rolling. NBA pace / ORtg / DRtg from ESPN core team-stats; NFL yards-per-game from nflverse aggregation. Park factors, weather, KenPom-class metrics still on the roadmap.