May 26 MLB Picks — San Diego at Toronto; Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs

These are the condensed versions of picks for Sunday’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.

San Diego Padres at Toronto Blue Jays:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Blue Jays -1.5 (+175) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Padres UNDER 4 runs (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Blue Jays -0.5 runs (+115) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-125) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Alternate 3-inning UNDER 2 runs (+140) — 3/5 — WIN!

Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Cubs -1.5 runs (+125) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 7.5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Reds UNDER 3 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Cubs -0.5 runs (+115) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4 runs (-125) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Reds UNDER 0.5 runs 1st 3 innings (+111) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 5-7-0 (.417)
Previous Day’s Record: 6-6-1 (.500)
May Record: 147-119-3 (.552)

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

Season Record: 324-310-15 (.511)

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: 3-5 (.375)          (83-74-1 (.528) in May)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)          (37-28-1 (.568) in May)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)          (27-17-1 (.611) 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

(Marcus Stroman photo courtesy Mike Dinovo/USA TODAY Sports)