Park factor
103 total idx
Great American Ball Park run environment
Park factor boosts run scoring, so contact quality matters more tonight here.

SD
73-65

CIN
65-73
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
2 signals · model + marketLine movement
200 snapshots
CIN spread
+1.5
open PK · +1.5
Total
O/U 9.5
open O/U 9.5
CIN no-vig %
44.9%
open 46.8% · -1.9
Stepped lines reflect captured market snapshots from odds_snapshots. Spread sign convention: negative = CIN favored. Live mode caps the in-game branch to the last 60 minutes.
Drill 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

Randy Vasquez
SP · #98
10-6
W-L
4.02
ERA
1.28
WHIP
76
K
123.0
IP
Last 3 starts
Home starter

Nick Lodolo
SP · #40
3-3
W-L
5.24
ERA
1.54
WHIP
64
K
79.0
IP
Last 3 starts
Vegas line
Model edge
Head to head
Place a bet
Our model leans this way; both DraftKings and FanDuel are open below.
Model side · moneyline
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Scouting report · pre-game
CIN is 4-6 recently; SD is 5-5.
38.6%
model · CIN win prob
Recent form
Situational
Rest is even. CIN has 0 straight road games; SD has 4.
Model angle
SD's edge is mostly model confidence plus line steam. Travel burden is the main caution flag. Weather and park add about 0.3 runs from the total environment.
Players to watch
Chase Burns · 6.2 K · last-10 5.9 vs season 6.6.
Michael King · 5.2 K · last-10 5.3 vs season 5.
Brady Singer · 4.5 K · last-10 4.6 vs season 4.3.
Head-to-head · 0-1 · last 1
CIN is 0-1 in the recent head-to-head sample.
Line move
The market has moved 2.1pp toward the away side.
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.
37.6%
ensemble · SD favored
Elo Static
42.9%
P(CIN win)
34%
weight
Elo Pitching
41.4%
P(CIN win)
33%
weight
Bullpen Park
42.9%
P(CIN win)
34%
weight
Disagreement
0.70 pp
weighted σ across sub-models
Confidence
95% · 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.
127
projections · 120 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
SD
league avg
CIN
.701
OPS
.718
.702
.315
OBP
.318
.307
4.26
Runs / G
4.50
4.13
3.91
Team ERA
4.16
4.67
1.29
WHIP
1.30
1.43
8.2
K / 9
8.5
8.2
SD★
Padres
82-77
CIN
Reds
74-85
Data via ESPN · MLB Stats API · Baseball Savant
Line shopping · 1 book
Same model, different prices. The same moneyline can vary 25¢ across books — taking the worst price wipes out a real edge instantly. Star marks the best-paying book per side.
+5.1pp
best edge · SD · DraftKings
SD
★ bestedge +5.1pp · implied 56.3%
CIN
no live price
| Book | SD | CIN | Best edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| DraftKings | -134★ | +125 | +5.1 |
Edges shown are model probability minus no-vig implied probability for that side at that book. Stars mark the highest-paying cell per side. Lines refresh every 60 seconds.
Team pages
Elsewhere in the MLB
Preview · MLB
an Diego Padres visit Cincinnati Reds Tuesday at 9/1 - 6:40 PM EDT.
Vegas opened SD as a 1.5-point favorite with the total at 9.5. CIN's moneyline implies a 44% break-even, SD the inverse. CIN is on a back-to-back.
For bettors: the SD side carries the favorite-tax, the dog gets the points and a plus-money payout. The 9.5 total reads high-scoring vs the league average.
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
SD
Away
Stat
CIN
Home
588
Runs
570
1082
Hits
1046
58
Errors
77
1756
TB
1813
150
HR
183
477
BB
493
1119
K
1315
0
LOB
0
Current series
SD leads series 1-0
Season series
SD leads series 3-1
Model & market
Vegas line center
DraftKings via ESPN · 21+
Spread
SD -1.5
Total
9.5
High-scoring · +1.0 vs avg
Moneyline
5· 6h
Implied probabilities back-computed from American odds — break-even win % a moneyline bet needs to be +EV.
Line movement · 200 snapshots
ESPN-tracked · 21+
Spread
1.5
+1.5 since open
Total
9.5
0.0 since open
Pitching matchup · today
ESPN · season stats
R. Vasquez
#98 · 10-6
ERA
4.02
K
76
SV
—
Last 3 starts

N. Lodolo
#40 · 3-3
ERA
5.24
K
64
SV
—
Last 3 starts
Scouting report
SD @ CIN
Rest going in
0 days
last game Aug 31
0 days
last game Aug 31
Model edge vs market
Lean onlyMarket
SD -1.5
Model
On the roadmap
Edge
—
Market
9.5
Model
On the roadmap
Edge
—
Market
SD -134
Model
On the roadmap
Edge
—
Model spread derived from 21-day power-rank delta · not a true point-spread model. Total + ML model wires roadmap. Bet responsibly · 21+
Tale of the tape
73-65
Record
65-73
#6
Conf rank
#12
+0.1
Pt diff
-0.8
W1
Streak
L1
5-5
Last 10
4-6
Bullpen used yesterday
SD
3.0 bullpen IP · heavy
W 5-0 · Aug 31
CIN
4.7 bullpen IP · heavy
L 5-0 · Aug 31
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.
Betting line
SD -1.5·O/U 9.5·SD -134/CIN +125
The receipts
SD's edge is mostly model confidence plus line steam. Travel burden is the main caution flag.
+5.1
pp edge · SD
+2.91
CLV pp · steam
70.1%
±6.1pp band
5u large — +12.8pp edge, quarter Kelly capped.
Edge
+13.8pp
+8.7pp post-cal
Kelly
30.0%
5.0% sized
Decimal
1.75
+12.8pp vs price
Contributor breakdown · sums to 5.1pp · SD over CIN
SD is carrying the heavier road load, so the edge gets a haircut.
SD grades as a real model edge, not just noise.
The market moved 1.9pp toward SD since open.
SD's venue form is 6.7pp stronger in the recent sample.
SD has taken 2 of the last 3 meetings.
Open price
-126
Close price
-142
Open no-vig
53.2%
Close no-vig
56.1%
Market steamed in our direction
How we read this game