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.
Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Cubs (-170) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 7 runs (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 23.5 runs+hits+errors (-115) — 4/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Cubs -0.5 runs (-120) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 3.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: YES to 1st-inning run (+150) — 3/5 — LOSS!
San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Pirates (+101) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 7.5 runs (-120) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 24.5 runs+hits+errors (-115) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Pirates (+105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4 runs (-110) — 4/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run (-145) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Day’s Record: 9-4-0 (.692)
Previous Day’s Record: 6-12-0 (.333)
April Record: 97-100-8 (.493)
March Record: 18-35-1 (.343)
Season Record: 115-135-9 (.461)
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: 5-3 (.625) (59-63-4 (.484) in April)
4-Star Pick Record: 3-0 (1.00) (17-26-2 (.400) in April)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500) (21-11-2 (.647) in April)
(Javy Baez photo courtesy Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports)
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