Handicapping Central: Cappers All Over Yankees Wednesday's Early Afternoon Game

• Padres bolster their pitching through final hour trade Tuesday night.
• Cappers all over the New York Yankees Wednesday in Philadelphia.
• The Yankees are winners of their last four games while the Phillies have won just three of their last ten.

Find all of the top picks and analyses for today's games.  This is Capper's Central for July 31, 2024.

July 31

Padres Bolster Their Bullpen

Yesterday, a number of top sports handicappers at the G911 Sports Hub were backing the San Diego Padres before the final hour of the 2024 MLB trade deadline.

Padres GM traded for the best reliever available, A.J. Preller.

From ESPN.com:

In Scott, the Padres obtained a 30-year-old lefty who posted a 1.18 ERA and accumulated 18 saves in 44 appearances for the last-place Marlins, striking out 53 batters and issuing 27 walks in 45⅔ innings. Among relievers with at least 100 appearances since the start of 2023, Scott ranks second in ERA (1.89), fourth in WHIP (0.99) and 10th in strikeout percentage (32.1).

In San Diego, Scott will slide into what now looks like a devastating back end of the bullpen alongside Adam, Robert Suarez, Jeremiah Estrada and Adrian Morejon, with Suarez expected to remain the primary closer. The five of them had combined to limit opposing hitters to a .183/.260/.285 slash line.

"There's a lot of different ways to build a staff," said Preller, who also added a depth starter in the final minutes before the deadline, acquiring struggling left-hander Martin Perez from the Pittsburgh Pirates. "But just having a group that hopefully shortens the game -- we've seen some teams win championships that way. Hopefully that's a real strength for us in the next couple months."

It's a mixed bag as far as the top sports cappers go Wednesday night with San Diego facing off against the Dodgers in LA.

Yankees @ Phillies - Top Cappers on New York Here

Some of the better cappers were backing the New York Yankees Wednesday afternoon in this early game in Philadelphia.

New York has won their last four games.

Nestor Cortes has his back against the wall after yielding four runs and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings Friday against the Red Sox.  Before that he allowed six runs against the Rays. Cortes did have perhaps his best velocity of the season in his last start.

The Phillies, meanwhile, are really struggling of late with just three wins in ten starts.

Cristopher Sánchez allowed eight hits and three earned runs across six innings on Friday against the Guardians. He struck out two and walked two in defeat.  He does not have a win in his last two.

Yankees are +100 on the moneyline and there may be some good value here on New York.