10* UNDER Yanks/Phillies (DUEL)

This pick for us is almost 100% based upon the starting pitchers. We've always liked both of these guys. They're both prone to blowups at times, but the conditions here feel "right" for a "duel" for sure on Tuesday. The Yanks hand the ball to Gerritt Cole (3-2, 5.40 ERA,) while the home side counters with Aaron Nola (11-4, 3.44.) Cole is coming off an outing to forget vs. the Mets, but he still sports a decent 38:12 K:BB over 35 innings. The sample size is still too small to draw any concrete conclusoins on Cole and all signs point to him progressing in the second half. Nola has once again been great this year, both on the road and at home, but his ERA does drop to 3.44 in front of the home town faithful. We're expecting these competent hurlers to take "center stage" in this contest and as such, the play is indeed on the "under!"

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UPDATE: With the pitching change, we're going to make this a NO-ACTION.