Every capper in this space says "trust me." None of them show you the losses.

Here's a quick framework I use before I ever pay for anyone's picks — including my own, honestly, because I hold myself to it too:

1. Can you see EVERY pick, not just the wins?

If someone's proof is a folder of cherry-picked screenshots, that's not a track record — that's a highlight reel. A real ledger shows the pushes and the bad beats right next to the winners.

2. Is the sample size actually big enough?

A hot week means nothing. 15-3 over three weeks is noise, not signal. You want to see performance across a full season, ideally with CLV (closing line value) tracked, not just win/loss.

3. Do they explain WHY, or just WHAT?

"Take the over" isn't analysis. If a capper can't tell you the lineup change, the bullpen usage, or the park factor that moved their number, they don't have an edge — they have a guess with confidence behind it.

4. Are the picks posted before or after the result is known?

This sounds obvious but you'd be shocked. Timestamps matter. If a service can't prove picks were locked in before first pitch, walk away.

5. What happens when they're wrong?

Everyone's right sometimes. The real tell is whether a service owns a bad stretch publicly or quietly deletes it and moves on.

We built VouchEdge around exactly this framework — verified lineups, a public proof ledger with every pick logged, and projections that show the reasoning, not just the number. Transparency isn't a marketing angle for us, it's the whole product.

Happy to answer questions on how any of this works if you're evaluating picks services (ours or anyone else's).