These are the condensed versions of picks for Saturday’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.
Tampa Bay Rays at Baltimore Orioles:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Rays -1.5 runs (-120) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 9.5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: OVER 28.5 runs+hits+errors (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rays -0.5 runs (-120) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 5 runs (-120) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: YES to 1st-inning run (-120) — 3/5 — WIN!
Houston Astros at Los Angeles Angels:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Astros (-135) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 10.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Astros OVER 5.5 runs (Even) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Astros -0.5 runs (Even) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 6 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Angels 1st-inning 3-way winner (+260) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Day’s Record: 5-7-0 (.417)
Previous Day’s Record: 5-7-0 (.417)
May Record: 15-21-0 (.417)
April Record: 159-156-11 (.505)
March Record: 18-35-1 (.343)
Season Record: 192-212-12 (.476)
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: 3-4 (.429) (11-10-0 (.524) in May)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-2 (.333) (2-7-0 (.222) in May)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500) (2-4-0 (.333) 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
(Mike Trout photo courtesy Richard Mackson/USA TODAY Sports)
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