Receipt for one MLB pick. Published 16 September 2026, 19:00 UTC. Graded 20 September 2026, 00:00 UTC.
Texas Rangers +1.5 confirmed 5 h 7 min before kickoff; graded a win, 3–7
Spread, Boston Red Sox vs Texas Rangers, consensus of 6–11 books via The Odds API, 62 price snapshots from 15 September 2026 to 17 September 2026, no anchor cells (anchored capture does not cover MLB)
Source: SharpUnit pick record; event clock and odds from The Odds API; score from The Odds API scores feed.
SharpUnit published Texas Rangers +1.5 (-182) at 19:00 UTC on 16 September 2026, 5 h 7 min before kickoff (kickoff 00:08 UTC, 17 September 2026); the pick graded a win, final 3–7.
Source: SharpUnit pick record; event clock and odds from The Odds API; score from The Odds API scores feed.
What this receipt does not establish (1)
- [z]Anchored capture does not cover MLB; this is "no anchors ever", not "no anchors yet".
Shorthand: [x] not available, [z] not applicable, [w] none recorded, [u] not provable, [p] provisional. Each is computed from the stored rows for this pick, not written by hand.
This receipt describes one pick. It carries no forecast, makes no claim about any other pick, and is not a recommendation.
SharpUnit, sharp-unit.com/artifact/76bf598e. Source: SharpUnit pick record; event clock and odds from The Odds API; score from The Odds API scores feed. Graded 20 Sept 2026.
The pick, its price and its close
| Field | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Line at publish | +1.5 | |
| Close | +1.5 | |
| Closing line value | -0.28pp against Pinnacle | |
| Confirmed | 16 September 2026, 19:00 UTC | |
| Scheduled start | 17 September 2026, 00:08 UTC | |
| Lock | Locked before game time, 5 h 7 min before kickoff | Locked before game time — the confirmation timestamp precedes the scheduled start. |
SharpUnit, sharp-unit.com/artifact/76bf598e. Source: SharpUnit pick record; The Odds API. Graded 20 Sept 2026.
How the consensus spread moved
Anchored capture does not cover MLB; this is "no anchors ever", not "no anchors yet".
6 anchored snapshots between first observed and close; net move -1.9 pp (de-vigged, home side).
See the six-mark de-vigged series for this game
SharpUnit, sharp-unit.com/artifact/76bf598e. Source: The Odds API historical endpoint, captured by SharpUnit. Last snapshot 17 Sept 2026.
Where this pick sits
This pick is one of 636 graded picks in the public record (17 Jun – 20 Sept 2026: 379–242–15). See the record.
SharpUnit, sharp-unit.com/artifact/76bf598e. Source: SharpUnit pick record (pick_stats). As of 20 Sept 2026.
Provenance
Rows read: pick 76bf598e-30db-42fc-9ce8-e89fca0403a6, market 5452e5d5-d06d-48a0-8288-1b12542a2606, 62 price snapshots (15 Sept 2026 to 17 Sept 2026), 0 anchor cells. Contract v1, generated 20 September 2026, 02:42 UTC. Score source: odds-api:/v4/scores/baseball_mlb/2026-09-17.
How every field on this page is derived: the method. The compact receipt for this pick: sharp-unit.com/receipt/76bf598e. Timestamp checked per pick · graded in public.
SharpUnit, sharp-unit.com/artifact/76bf598e. Source: SharpUnit pick record; event clock and odds from The Odds API; score from The Odds API scores feed.