April 17 MLB Picks — Cincinnati @ L.A. Dodgers; Cleveland @ Seattle; Baltimore at Toronto

These are the condensed versions of picks for Wednesday’s Major League Baseball game. 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.

Cincinnati Reds at Los Angeles Dodgers:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Dodgers -180 — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Dodgers OVER 4.5 runs (-110) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Dodgers -0.5 runs (-110) –3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 4.5 runs (Even) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run (-135) — 3/5 — WIN!

Cleveland Indians at Seattle Mariners:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Mariners +118 — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 7.5 runs (-115) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Mariners OVER 3.5 runs (-120) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Mariners +120 — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 4 runs (-120) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: YES to 1st-inning run (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Rays -1.5 runs (-130) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8.5 runs (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 26.5 runs+hits+errors (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rays -0.5 runs (-170) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run (-130) — 4/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 6-12-0 (.333)
Previous Day’s Record: 3-9-0 (.250)
April Record: 88-96-8 (.479)

March Record: 18-35-1 (.343)

Season Record: 106-131-9 (.449)

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: 5-5 (.500)          (54-60-4 (.475) in April)
4-Star Pick Record: 0-5 (.000)          (14-26-2 (.357) in April)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-2 (.333)          (20-10-2 (.656) in April)

(Domingo Santana photo courtesy Jennifer Buchanan/USA TODAY Sports)