May 6 MLB Picks — Arizona Diamondbacks at Tampa Bay Rays; Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros

These are the condensed versions of picks for Monday’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 Tampa Bay Rays:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Rays -1.5 runs (Even) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 7.5 runs (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 25 runs+hits+errors (-130) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rays -0.5 runs (-130) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4 runs (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run (-130) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Astros -1.5 runs (-140) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 8 runs (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 25.5 runs+hits+errors (-115) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Royals +0.5 runs (+157) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run (-130) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 4-8-0 (.333)
Previous Day’s Record: 9-3-0 (.750)
May Record: 28-32-0 (.467)

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

Season Record: 205-223-12 (.480)

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: 1-7 (.125)          (16-20-0 (.444) in May)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.00)          (6-7-0 (.462) in May)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)          (6-5-0 (.545) 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

(Gerrit Cole photo courtesy Jesse Johnson/USA TODAY Sports)