These are the condensed versions of picks for Saturday’s Major League Baseball games. There are links to the full preview(s) on the Winners and Whiners and Stat Salt websites 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 Milwaukee Brewers:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Brewers (-136) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 10 runs (-115) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Phillies UNDER 4.5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction 2/Full Game: Yelich to homer (+200) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Phillies +0.5 runs (-131) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 0.5 runs 1st inning (-141) — 3/5 — WIN!
Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Braves -1.5 runs (+146) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9 runs (Even) — 5/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Cardinals UNDER 4.5 runs (-125) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Braves -0.5 runs (+115) — 3/5
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-125) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Braves OVER 1 run first 3 innings (-140) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Day’s Record: 6-6-1 (.500)
Previous Day’s Record: 6-12-0 (.333)
May Record: 142-112-3 (.558)
April Record: 159-156-11 (.505)
March Record: 18-35-1 (.343)
Season Record: 319-303-15 (.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: 4-4 (.500) (80-69-1 (.537) in May)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-2 (.333) (36-27-1 (.570) in May)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-0-1 (.750) (26-16-1 (.616) 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 Soroka photo courtesy Dale Zanine/USA TODAY Sports)