May 3 MLB Picks — Seattle Mariners at Cleveland Indians; Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers

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.

Seattle Mariners at Cleveland Indians:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Indians (-141) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 8.5 runs (-105) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Indians OVER 4.5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Indians -0.5 runs (+105) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 4.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: YES to 1st-inning run (Even) — 3/5 — WIN!

Toronto Blue Jays at Texas Rangers:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Rangers -1.5 runs (+125) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9.5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Blue Jays UNDER 4.5 runs (-135) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rangers -0.5 runs (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rangers to score first (+105) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 5-7-0 (.417)
Previous Day’s Record: 4-2-0 (.667)
May Record: 10-14-0 (.417)

April Record: 159-156-11 (.505)
March Record: 18-35-1 (.343)

Season Record: 187-205-12 (.478)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in May)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in May)
3-Star Pick Record: 4-3 (.571)          (8-6-0 (.571) in May)
4-Star Pick Record: 0-3 (.000)          (1-5-0 (.167) in May)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)          (1-3-0 (.250) in May)

1-Star by month: 0-0-0 (.000) in April; 0-0-0 (.000) in March
2-Star by month: 0-0-0 (.000) in April; 0-0-0 (.000) in March
3-Star by month: 93-95-4 (.495) in April; 7-27-1 (.214) in March
4-Star by month: 35-43-3 (.451) in April; 6-4-0 (.600) in March
5-Star by month: 31-18-4 (.623) in April; 5-4-0 (.556) in March