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The Measurables Appendix

Every measurable we track to help you make a pick — what it tells you, and the exact tool that tracks it. Each one works across every league; the wording just changes (runs in baseball, points in basketball and football, goals in hockey). This is the master reference. As each season opens, its column fills in.

Team form

Win streak

Consecutive wins or losses. The simplest read on which teams are surging or sliding right now.

By leagueAll four: straight W/L run, identical across sports.

Home win streak

Wins in a row at home. Some teams are fortresses on their own field and mediocre on the road — this splits it out.

By leagueAll four: home-only W/L run.

Road win streak

Wins in a row away from home. Road warriors and road-allergic teams both show up here — a huge factor books don't always price fully.

By leagueAll four: road-only W/L run.
Totals & the number

Total over/under streak

How many games in a row a team has gone over or under the total we posted. A team on a long under run is exactly what Under Monday hunts.

By leagueMLB: total runs · NFL/NBA: total points · NHL: total goals — same math, vs our posted total.

Run-line / spread cover streak

How many games in a row a team covered the line we posted. The favorite has to win by enough; the dog just has to keep it close.

MLB: run line (±1.5) · NFL/NBA: point spread · NHL: puck line (±1.5).

Line calibration

When we post a -200 favorite, does it actually win about two-thirds of the time? This grades our own board's accuracy in public. Proof, not promises.

All four: posted odds vs real hit rate, per market.
Price & movement

Best book per market

Which of the nine books consistently hangs the best price on a given market. Betting the wrong book leaves money on the table every single ticket.

All four: nine-book price comparison per market.

Line movement & steam

When a line moves hard and fast, someone knows something. We timestamp the open and the close, and grade whether the side it moved toward actually won.

All four: cents/points moved, open-to-close, per market.

Closing line value (CLV)

Did an early pick beat the closing number? Beating the close over time is the single metric sharp bettors respect most — it means you're consistently ahead of the market.

All four: our open snapshot vs the closing line.

Market heat

Where the money is piling in right now. A market heating fast is a live signal before the number fully catches up.

All four: price-heat by market.
Player form

Player prop streak (hot / cold)

A player clearing — or missing — the same prop line game after game. The market adjusts slowly; a hot bat on a soft line is an edge.

MLB: hits/HR/RBI/K · NFL: yards/TD/receptions · NBA: pts/reb/ast · NHL: shots/goals/points.

Player consistency rating

How often a player clears each of his lines — his floor, his ceiling, and how reliable he is. Clears hits 80% of the time but homers 12%? Now you know which prop to trust.

All four: clear-rate per player, per market.

Prop correlation

Which of a player's props tend to hit together — the engine behind Stack 'Em Saturday. When one big night cashes several correlated overs, the books priced them as independent and you didn't.

MLB: hits+bases+runs · NFL: yards+TD · NBA: pts+reb+ast · NHL: shots+points.
Situational (MLB now, more per season)

Bullpen fatigue

Which bullpens threw heavy innings last night and can't answer the phone tonight. A gassed pen turns a total into a live over.

MLB: reliever workload → late-game run risk.

Hot/cold zones

Where a hitter is scorching or ice-cold in the strike zone — matched against what a pitcher throws there.

MLB: 13-zone hot/cold. NFL/NBA/NHL: matchup splits arrive with each season.

Under streaks & fade rate

Players landing under the same line game after game, and the highest under-rate names on our graded board. A strong under means you're winning from first pitch — you just need them to stay quiet.

MLB: live off the ledger. NFL/NBA/NHL: fills as each season grades.

Injury status & return timeline

Every player on the IL or day-to-day, grouped by team, with status and when they're due back. An inactive star reshapes the whole slate before you build a lineup or take a prop.

MLB: live injury feed. NFL/NBA/NHL: arrive with each season.

Depth chart & pecking order

Every team's scorable offense — QB, RB, WR, TE, K — starter to backup. Spot the handcuff and grab the backup before the waiver wire wakes up.

NFL: official depth order, firms up through the preseason.

Every measurable here is graded off our own board and our own results — not a feed we borrowed. As NFL, NBA and NHL seasons open, each fills in its column. If a tool link is live, the measurable is tracking now; if a season hasn't started, it's mapped and waiting.