April 9 Picks — N.Y. Yankees at Houston and Seattle at Kansas City

These are the condensed versions of picks for Tuesday’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.

New York Yankees at Houston Astros:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Astros -1.5 runs (-105) (5/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8 runs (-110) (4/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 26 runs+hits+errors (-105) (3/5) — PUSH!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Astros -0.5 runs (-145) (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-115) (4/5) — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run (-130) (3/5) — LOSS!

Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Mariners -111 (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9 runs (-105) (4/5) — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Royals UNDER 4.5 runs (-145) (5/5) — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Mariners -0.5 runs (+130) (3/5) — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-120) (3/5) — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run (-115) (3/5) — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 6-4-2 (.583)
Previous Day’s Record: 0-6-0 (.000)
April Record: 43-48-5 (.474)

March Record: 18-35-1 (.343)
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: 61-83-6 (.427)

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: 3-3-1 (.500)       (26-30-3 (.466) in April)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-1-1 (.500)       (7-12-1 (.375) in April)
5-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.00)          (10-5-1 (.656) in April)

(Gerrit Cole photo courtesy Kim Klement/USA TODAY Sports)