June 21 MLB Picks — Houston at N.Y. Yankees; Toronto at Boston

These are the condensed versions of picks for Friday’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.

Houston Astros at New York Yankees:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Yankees -1.5 runs (+125) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9.5 runs (-110) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Astros UNDER 4 runs (-115) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Yankees -0.5 runs (-121) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5.5 runs (-125) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 0.5 runs first inning (-131) – 3/5 — LOSS!

Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Red Sox -2.5 runs (-110) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Red Sox UNDER 5.5 runs (-125) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 2: Sale OVER 9.5 strikeouts (-108) — 4/5** — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Red Sox -1.5 runs (-155) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Blue Jays UNDER 1.5 runs (-131) — 4/5 — LOSS!

**Line courtesy FanDuel SportsBook

Day’s Record: 5-8-0 (.385)
Previous Day’s Record: 5-6-1 (.458)
June Record: 84-101-3 (.455)

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

Season Record: 436-435-19 (.501)

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: 2-5 (.286)          (47-55-3 (.462) in June)  (243-268-10 (.476) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-2 (.500)          (24-28-0 (.462) in June)  (112-106-4 (.538) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)          (13-18-0 (.419) in June)  (81-61-6 (.568) 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

(Chris Sale photo courtesy Evan Habeeb/USA TODAY Sports)