NRI No-Run Innings ?

What it predicts

For every MLB game, a calibrated probability that no run scores in each inning 1 through 9 (both halves, as played). When the model says 70%, it aims to be right about 70% of the time. The starred cell is each game's best (highest) no-run inning; the ribbon marks slate-wide top picks.

Top 5 picks

The 5 highest-probability (game, inning) combinations across the whole slate are the featured picks, ranked purely by model probability — market edge is context and never changes the ranking.

Market lines & the 1st inning

Sportsbooks only post per-inning run markets for the 1st inning. Inning-1 cells show the de-vigged market probability and edge where a line exists, plus the sibling NRFI model's probability as a cross-check (two different models, both labeled). Innings 2–9 always show "no line".

Whose odds? Hard Rock doesn't post first-inning markets, so inning-1 odds are another sportsbook's — FanDuel in practice. The book is named next to every inning-1 price and edge. Only lines captured before first pitch are used, never in-play prices.

Locking

All nine inning predictions for a game lock together 10 minutes before first pitch. At lock the probabilities, slate ranks, top-5 membership, and best-inning flag freeze for grading; before lock they drift as lineups and starters firm up.

Grading (book settlement rules)

An inning wins if it finishes 0–0 as played: a skipped bottom of the 9th settles on the top half alone, and a walk-off run counts as scored. Innings that never start (postponement, rain-shortened game) are void. Units assume a flat $25 stake — inning-1 picks at the locked market price, innings 2–9 at a −110 notional (bookkeeping, not a bettable claim).

Explorer

The Inning Explorer shows every team's zero-run rates by inning — offense and pitching lenses, season/last-30, home/away, and starter-vs-bullpen splits.