April 26 MLB Picks — Detroit at Chicago White Sox and Cleveland at Houston

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.

Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Tigers (+118) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9 runs (-120) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 27.5 runs+hits+errors (-115) –3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Tigers (+115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (Even) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run (-120) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Cleveland Indians at Houston Astros:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Indians (+113) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8.5 runs (-105) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Astros UNDER 4.5 runs (-135) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Indians (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-120) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: YES to 1st-inning run (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 3-9-0 (.250)
Previous Day’s Record: 4-2-0 (.667)
April Record: 131-130-10 (.502)

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

Season Record: 149-162-11 (.480)

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: 2-4 (.333)          (78-79-4 (.497) in April)
4-Star Pick Record: 0-4 (.000)          (26-37-3 (.437) in April)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)          (27-14-3 (.648) in April)

(Corey Kluber photo courtesy Ken Blaze/USA TODAY Sports)