April 5 MLB Picks — San Diego @ St. Louis, Tampa Bay @ San Francisco, and Minnesota @ Philadelphia

These are the condensed versions of picks for Friday’s Major League Baseball games. 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.

San Diego at St. Louis:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Cardinals -1.5 runs +120 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 7.5 runs -120 (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Cardinals OVER 4.5 runs +120 (4/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Padres +0.5 runs -110 (3/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 4 runs -125 (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run -140 (3/5) — WIN!

Tampa Bay at San Francisco:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Rays -121 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 7.5 runs -115 (5/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: R+H+E UNDER 24 -110 (4/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rays -0.5 runs +115 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4 runs -115 (3/5) — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run -150 (3/5) — LOSS!

Minnesota at Philadelphia:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Phillies -1.5 runs +125 (5/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8 runs -110 (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Twins UNDER 3.5 runs -120 (3/5) — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Twins +0.5 runs -130 (4/5) — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 4 runs -125 (3/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run -130 (3/5) — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 7-10-1 (.417)
Previous Day’s Record: 10-2-0 (.833)
April Record: 24-27-3 (.472)

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: 42-62-4 (.407)

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: 4-7-1 (.375)       (14-19-2 (.429) in April)
4-Star Pick Record: 0-3 (.000)          (5-5-0 (.500) in April)
5-Star Pick Record: 3-0 (1.00)          (5-3-1 (.611) in April)

(Bryce Harper photo courtesy Brad Mills/USA TODAY Sports)