April 2 MLB Picks — Baltimore at Toronto and Houston at Texas

These are the condensed versions of picks for Tuesday’s Major League Baseball games between the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros and Texas Rangers. There are links to the full previews on the Winners and Whiners website below. The confidence rating on a scale from 1 to 5 is in parentheses.

Note: The 5/5 does NOT represent the best overall pick of the day’s games when there are multiple games, simply the best pick of each individual game.

Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Blue Jays -205 (5/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8.5 runs (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Orioles UNDER 3.5 runs (3/5) — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Blue Jays -0.5 runs (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st inning run (3/5) — WIN!

Houston Astros at Texas Rangers:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Astros -240 (5/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9 runs (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Rangers UNDER 3.5 runs (4/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Astros -0.5 runs (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run (3/5) — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 4-8-0 (.333)
Previous Day’s Record: 3-7-2 (.333)
April Record: 7-15-2 (.333)

March Record: 18-35-1 (.343)
April Record: N/A
May Record: N/A
June Record: N/A
July Record: N/A
August Record: N/A
September Record: N/A
October Record: N/A

Season Record: 25-50-3 (.340)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in April)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in April)
3-Star Pick Record: 3-5 (.375)          (5-10-1 (.344) in April)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)          (2-2-0 (.500) in April)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-2 (.000)          (0-3-1 (.125) in April)

(Justin Verlander photo courtesy Kim Klement/USA TODAY Sports)