June 26 MLB Previews — Pittsburgh at Houston; Cincinnati at L.A. Angels

These are the condensed versions of picks for Wednesday’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.

Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Astros -1.5 runs (-140) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 9.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Astros OVER 5.5 runs (-125) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Astros -1.5 runs (+121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 5.5 runs (-115) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Astros OVER 3 runs (-115) — 4/5 — LOSS!

Cincinnati Reds at Los Angeles Angels:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Reds (+105) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Angels UNDER 4.5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Reds +0.5 runs (-140) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Reds OVER 2 runs (-136) — 5/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 5-7-0 (.417)
Previous Day’s Record: 9-3-0 (.750)
June Record: 127-124-4 (.506)

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

Season Record: 479-458-20 (.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: 4-3 (.571)          (75-66-4 (.531) in June)  (271-279-11 (.493) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-2 (.333)          (33-35-0 (.485) in June)  (121-113-4 (.517) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-2 (.000)          (19-23-0 (.452) in June)  (87-66-6 (.566) 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

(Jose Altuve photo courtesy Wendell Cruz/USA TODAY Sports)