These are the condensed versions of picks for Tuesday’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.
Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Rays -1.5 runs (Even) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 8.5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Rays OVER 4.5 runs (-131) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rays -0.5 runs (-136) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-125) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rays -0.5 runs first 3 innings (-105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox:
Side Prediction/Full Game: White Sox -1.5 runs (+135) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8.5 runs (-115) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Royals UNDER 3.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: White Sox -0.5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-145) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: White Sox -0.5 runs 1st 3 innings (+125) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Day’s Record: 7-5-0 (.583)
Previous Day’s Record: 7-4-1 (.625)
May Record: 161-128-4 (.556)
April Record: 159-156-11 (.505)
March Record: 18-35-1 (.343)
Season Record: 338-319-16 (.514)
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: 4-2 (.667) (92-79-1 (.538) in May)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-2 (.500) (40-31-1 (.563) in May)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500) (29-19-2 (.600) 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
(Lucas Giolito photo courtesy Thomas Shea/USA TODAY Sports)