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(s) of each individual game.
Los Angeles Angels at Baltimore Orioles:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Angels -1.5 runs (-120) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 11 runs (-105) — 4/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Angels OVER 5.5 runs (-140) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Angels -0.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 6 runs (-120) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: NO to 1st-inning run (+110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Chicago White Sox at Toronto Blue Jays:
Side Prediction/Full Game: White Sox (+128) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9.5 runs (-115) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 27.5 runs+hits+errors (+105) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: White Sox +0.5 runs (-125) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5.5 runs (-120) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: White Sox to score first (-145) — 3/5 — WIN!
Day’s Record: 7-4-1 (.625)
Previous Day’s Record: 4-2-0 (.667)
May Record: 58-49-1 (.542)
April Record: 159-156-11 (.505)
March Record: 18-35-1 (.343)
Season Record: 235-240-13 (.495)
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) (33-31-0 (.516) in May)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-1-1 (.500) (13-11-1 (.540) in May)
5-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.00) (12-7-0 (.632) 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
(Albert Pujols photo courtesy Los Angeles Angels official Twitter account)