May 22 MLB Picks — Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs; Atlanta Braves at San Francisco Giants

These are the condensed versions of picks for Wednesday’s Major League Baseball games. There are links to the full preview(s) 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) from each individual game.

Philadelphia Phillies at Chicago Cubs:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Cubs -1.5 runs (+115) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 10.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Phillies OVER 4.5 runs (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Cubs -0.5 runs (-136) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 6 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 3 innings: Cubs OVER 1.5 runs (-121) – 3/5 — WIN!

Atlanta Braves at San Francisco Giants:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Braves -1.5 runs (Even) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 7.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Giants UNDER 3 runs (-110) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Braves -0.5 runs (-131) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4 runs (-121) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 3 innings: UNDER 1.5 runs (+155) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 7-5-0 (.583)
Previous Day’s Record: 4-2-0 (.667)
May Record: 124-94-2 (.573)

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

Season Record: 301-285-14 (.513)

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)          (68-58-1 (.539) in May)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-1 (.667)          (33-22-1 (.598) in May)
5-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.00)          (23-14-0 (.622) 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

(Cole Hamels photo courtesy Kamil Krzaczynski/USA TODAY Sports)