Sharp money signal in Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates: Pittsburgh Pirates +1.5 has 43% of bets but only 13% of the dollars.
| Market | Side | Bet % | Money % | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moneyline | Chicago Cubs | 58% | 48% | -120 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 42% | 52% | +106 | |
| Run line | Chicago Cubs -1.5 | 57% | 87% | +135 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates +1.5 | 43% | 13% | -160 | |
| Total | Over 8.5 | 56% | 66% | -115 |
| Under 8.5 | 44% | 34% | -115 |
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates is one of the strongest sharp-money signals on tonight's MLB slate. On the spread market, 43% of bets are on Pittsburgh Pirates +1.5 but only 13% of the dollars — a 30-point gap between bet count and money share that ranks among the largest divergences in the slate.
That gap is the cleanest sharp-money tell we have. When the bet count and dollar share point in different directions, the dollars are coming from fewer, larger checks — the kind of bets that distinguish high-volume, professional action from the public crowd. Books rarely give back this much line value on a casual mistake; the price you're seeing is what the market thinks of the divergence in real time.
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Sharp money is wagering activity from sophisticated, high-volume bettors. It shows up as a money percentage that exceeds the bet percentage on the same side. See our learn page for more.
A 10-point gap is the threshold we treat as noise vs. signal. 15+ points is meaningful — it usually means the average bet on the money side is materially larger than on the public side.
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Bet% is the share of tickets wagered on a side. Money% is the share of dollars. They diverge when one side draws bigger bets per ticket than the other.
Sharp money is wagering activity from sophisticated, high-volume bettors. It shows up as a money percentage that exceeds the bet percentage on the same side — bigger checks per ticket on the contrarian view. See our methodology →
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Last updated: May 27, 2026 at 9:43 PM UTC
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