These are the condensed versions of picks for Saturday’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.
Toronto Blue Jays at Houston Astros:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Astros -1.5 runs (-115) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9 runs (Even) — 3/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Blue Jays UNDER 3.5 runs (-121) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Astros -1.5 runs (+105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5.5 runs (-125) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Astros OVER 1.5 runs first 3 innings (-105) — 4/5 — WIN!
Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Indians -2.5 runs (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 9 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Indians OVER 5.5 runs (-110) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Indians -1.5 runs (-110) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Indians OVER 1.5 runs first 3 innings (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Day’s Record: 5-6-1 (.458)
Previous Day’s Record: 6-6-0 (.500)
June Record: 47-54-2 (.466)
May Record: 178-146-5 (.549)
April Record: 156-153-11 (.505)
March Record: 18-35-1 (.343)
Season Record: 399-388-18 (.507)
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: 1-4-1 (.250) (25-32-2 (.441) in June) (221-245-9 (.475) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 3-1 (.750) (15-12-0 (.556) in June) (103-90-4 (.533) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500) (7-10-0 (.412) in June) (75-53-6 (.582) 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
(Framber Valdez photo courtesy Erik Williams/USA TODAY Sports)