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MLB · Wednesday, Sep 23 · Matchup

Nationals at Tigers: Same record, and still a favourite

First pitch 1:10 PM ET / 10:10 AM PT at Comerica Park. Nationals are 74-84, Tigers are 74-84, and Kalshi has the two sides at 39¢ and 62¢.

First pitch

1:10 PM ET / 10:10 AM PT

Wednesday, Sep 23

Ballpark

Comerica Park

Tigers

Probable starters

Richard Lovelady vs Framber Valdez

WSH, DET

Kalshi, both sides

39¢ vs 62¢

WSH, DET

What the market says

Both clubs come in at 74-84. The market separates them anyway, making the Tigers 62¢ against the Nationals at 39¢. Nothing in the standings explains that gap, so all of it is the ballpark, the starters and who is rested.

Kalshi prices, Nationals at Tigers
SideRecordBid / askLastContracts traded
Nationals74-8438¢ / 39¢39¢22,349
Tigers74-8461¢ / 62¢62¢44,479

Kalshi series KXMLBGAME, event 26SEP231310WSHDET, read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:20 AM PT.1 You pay the ask to buy and take the bid to sell, so a round trip costs more than one column suggests.

Run the numbers

These are the prices we read at Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:20 AM PT, not numbers we typed in. Pick a stake and the panel counts the contracts it buys at 62¢, the fee on the way in, what a sell at your target returns if it fills, and what the whole position costs if Tigers lose. Nothing here places an order and nothing is saved.

Reading the price

A contract pays $1.00 if that side wins and nothing if it loses, so the price is the crowd’s probability with the house’s cut on top. At 39¢, the crowd says 39% on Nationals. At 62¢ it says 62% on Tigers.

Those two add to 101%, not 100%. The extra 1 points are the spread between buying and selling, and it is what the market charges to take either side. It is the first thing to subtract before deciding a price is cheap.

Richard Lovelady starts for Nationals and Framber Valdez for Tigers. A starter is the single biggest thing in a one-game price, which is why a team can be better all season and still be the underdog tonight.

How we grade

If the desk posts a call on this game it goes up before first pitch with the buy price, the sell target and what happens if the target never fills, and it is graded on Kalshi’s own trade history with both fee legs counted, win or lose. A miss stays on the record next to the wins. How we lock and grade

The result page for this game is already up and will carry the final, the line score and every call once Kalshi settles the market. See the result page

Sources

Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:20 AM PT. Prices move after that; this page is not updated in place.

  1. Kalshi public markets API, series KXMLBGAME, event 26SEP231310WSHDET: both sides, bid, ask, last and contracts traded. kalshi.com
  2. MLB schedule feed: records, first pitch, ballpark and probable starters. statsapi.mlb.com

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