These are the condensed versions of picks for Saturday’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.
Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Twins -1.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8.5 runs (-115) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 26.5 runs+hits+errors — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Twins -0.5 runs (-150) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run (-130) — 3/5 — WIN!
Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Rockies +104 — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 7 runs (-115) — 3/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Bumgarner OVER 5.5 strikeouts (-125) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rockies +105 — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 3.5 runs (Even) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run (-150) — 3/5 — WIN!
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Cardinals -1.5 runs (+120) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 10.5 runs (+105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 30 runs+hits+errors (-115) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Cardinals -0.5 runs (+110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 6 runs (-120) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: YES to 1st-inning run (-145) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Day’s Record: 11-6-1 (.639)
Previous Day’s Record: 6-6-0 (.500)
April Record: 74-68-8 (.520)
March Record: 18-35-1 (.343)
Season Record: 92-103-9 (.473)
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: 7-3-1 (.682) (44-45-4 (.495) in April)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-3 (.250) (13-17-2 (.438) in April)
5-Star Pick Record: 3-0 (1.00) (17-6-2 (.720) in April)
(Adam Wainwright photo courtesy Jeff Curry/USA TODAY Sports)