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.
Oakland Athletics at Toronto Blue Jays:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Blue Jays (-105) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 9 runs (-120) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Blue Jays OVER 4.5 runs (+105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Blue Jays -0.5 runs (+130) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: YES to 1st-inning run (-120) — 3/5 — WIN!
Cleveland Indians at Houston Astros:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Indians (+125) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9.5 runs (-115) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Bieber OVER 4.5 strikeouts (Even) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Indians (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Indians to score first (-150) — 3/5 — LOSS!
New York Yankees at San Francisco Giants:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Yankees (-102) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 7.5 runs (Even) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: OVER 24.5 runs+hits+errors (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Yankees (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 4 runs (-110) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Yankees to score first (-150) — 3/5 — WIN!
Day’s Record: 13-5-0 (.722)
Previous Day’s Record: 3-9-0 (.250)
April Record: 144-135-10 (.516)
March Record: 18-35-1 (.343)
Season Record: 162-167-11 (.493)
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: 6-4 (.600) (84-83-4 (.503) in April)
4-Star Pick Record: 4-1 (.800) (30-38-3 (.444) in April)
5-Star Pick Record: 3-0 (1.00) (30-14-3 (.670) in April)
(Shane Bieber photo courtesy Rick Osentoski/USA TODAY Sports)