June 7 MLB Picks — Oakland at Texas; Baltimore at Houston

These are the condensed versions of picks for Friday’s Major League Baseball game. 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.

Oakland A’s at Texas Rangers:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Rangers (-115) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 10 runs (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Rangers OVER 5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rangers -0.5 runs (+135) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 5.5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rangers OVER 2.5 runs first 5 innings (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Baltimore Orioles at Houston Astros:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Astros -3.5 runs (+146) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 8 runs (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Orioles OVER 2.5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction2/Full Game: Cole OVER 9.5 strikeouts (+114) — 3/5** — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Astros -1.5 runs (Even) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 4.5 runs (Even) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 2.5 runs first 3 innings (-105) — 3/5 — WIN!

**Line courtesy FanDuel Sportsbook

Day’s Record: 4-9-0 (.308)
Previous Day’s Record: 4-1-1 (.750)
June Record: 26-28-1 (.482)

May Record: 178-146-5 (.549)
April Record: 156-153-11 (.505)
March Record: 18-35-1 (.343)

Season Record: 378-362-17 (.511)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in June)      (0-0-0 (.000) overall)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in June)      (0-0-0 (.000) overall)
3-Star Pick Record: 4-5 (.444)          (15-16-1 (.484) in June) (211-229-8 (.480) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 0-2 (.000)          (7-7-0 (.500) in June)      (95-85-4 (.527) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-2 (.000)          (4-5-0 (.444) in June)      (72-48-6 (.595) overall)

1-Star by month: 0-0-0 (.000) in May; 0-0-0 (.000) in April; 0-0-0 (.000) in March

2-Star by month: 0-0-0 (.000) in May; 0-0-0 (.000) in April; 0-0-0 (.000) in March

3-Star by month: 99-92-2 (.518) in May; 90-94-4 (.489) in April; 7-27-1 (.214) in March

4-Star by month: 46-33-1 (.581) in May; 36-41-3 (.469) in April; 6-4-0 (.600) in March

5-Star by month: 33-21-2 (.596) in May; 30-18-4 (.615) in April; 5-4-0 (.556) in March

(Gerrit Cole photo courtesy Kelley L. Cox/USA TODAY Sports)