Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs

MLB · Wed Sep 16, 7:40 pm ET · 12 legs priced, 2 recommended.

Graded

The drop closed at kickoff, Wed Sep 16, 7:40 pm ET. Every leg below is settled.

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Our model against the market

Ours is the model’s probability. Implied is the probability the posted price carries. Edge is the gap between them, in points.

MarketPickOursImpliedEdgeTier
TotalOver 855.9%48.0%+7.8A
MoneylineCHC to win61.4%56.3%+5.1B
SpreadCHC -1.540.0%39.0%+1.0C
SpreadATL +1.560.0%61.0%-1.0C
MoneylineATL to win38.6%43.7%-5.1C
TotalUnder 831.1%51.9%-20.8C

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First 5 innings

The First 5 model has not cleared its own calibration gate, so every leg here is shown and none is recommended.

MarketPickOursImpliedEdgeTier
First 5 totalOver 460.4%52.0%+8.3C
First 5 moneylineCHC to win64.3%62.5%+1.8C
First 5 run lineATL +0.547.5%46.9%+0.5C
First 5 run lineCHC -0.552.5%53.1%-0.5C
First 5 moneylineATL to win35.7%37.5%-1.8C
First 5 totalUnder 439.6%48.0%-8.3C

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How it graded

Recommended legs (tier A/B)2–0
Every leg priced6–6
Mean CLV, recommended legs+2.37 (2 legs)
PickMarketTierResultCLV
Over 8TotalAWin+0.87
CHC to winMoneylineBWin+3.87
Over 4First 5 totalCWin—
CHC to winFirst 5 moneylineCWin—
CHC -1.5SpreadCWin+1.68
ATL +0.5First 5 run lineCLoss—
CHC -0.5First 5 run lineCWin—
ATL +1.5SpreadCLoss-1.68
ATL to winFirst 5 moneylineCLoss—
ATL to winMoneylineCLoss-3.87
Under 4First 5 totalCLoss—
Under 8TotalCLoss-0.87

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Closing-line value is the no-vig probability of the side we took at the close minus the same probability when the drop was built. Positive means the market moved onto our side. Two things keep it honest here. A leg whose drop was built after the game started has no closing line to beat, so its CLV is a dash rather than a zero. And the average is taken over recommended legs only: both sides of every market are priced and graded, and averaging a side against its own mirror image cancels to zero whatever the model did.

Injury report the model saw

ATL

  • Robert Suarez — 60-Day-IL
  • Joe Jimenez — 60-Day-IL
  • Reynaldo Lopez — 15-Day-IL
  • Bryce Elder — 15-Day-IL
  • Lane Thomas — 10-Day-IL

CHC

  • Gavin Hollowell — 15-Day-IL
  • Justin Steele — 60-Day-IL
  • Hunter Harvey — 60-Day-IL
  • Tyler Austin — 60-Day-IL
  • Dansby Swanson — 10-Day-IL

Copied from the drop file as it stood when the drop was built. It is not updated afterwards.

How to read this page

Tier A is an edge of six points or more and tier B three to six; both are recommended. Tier C is below three points — it is shown for completeness and is never recommended. A prop market whose calibration gate is failing is marked watch: the model prices it, the record grades it, and nothing here recommends it.

Other MLB games that day

Every leg on this page is graded in public on the record and on the Sep 16, 2026 results page. One leg a day is posted in full, free, on today’s free leg.