June 30 MLB Picks — Kansas City at Toronto; Texas at Tampa Bay; Washington at Detroit

These are the condensed versions of picks for Sunday’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.

Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Royals (+111) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Blue Jays UNDER 5 runs (-125) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Royals -0.5 runs (+140) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5.5 runs (-121) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 0.5 runs 1st inning (Even) — 3/5 — WIN!

Texas Rangers at Tampa Bay Rays:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Rangers +1.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 8 runs (Even) — 5/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Snell OVER 4.5 hits allowed (+102) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rangers +0.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 4 runs (-125) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rangers 3-way money line 1st inning (+391) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Washington Nationals at Detroit Tigers:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Nationals -2.5 runs (-131) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9 runs (-121) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Scherzer OVER 9.5 strikeouts (+119) — 4/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Nationals -0.5 runs (-140) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Nationals OVER 1.5 runs first 3 innings (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 8-9-1 (.472)
Previous Day’s Record: 10-2-0 (.833)
June Record: 147-149-6 (.497)

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

Season Record: 499-483-22 (.508)

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: 5-5 (.500)          (88-80-5 (.523) in June)  (284-293-12 (.492) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 3-2 (.600)          (38-41-0 (.481) in June)  (126-118-4 (.516) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-2-1 (.167)       (21-28-1 (.430) in June)  (89-71-7 (.554) 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: 88-80-5 (.523) in June; 99-92-2 (.518) in May; 90-94-4 (.489) in April; 7-27-1 (.214) in March

4-Star by month: 38-41-0 (.481) in June; 46-33-1 (.581) in May; 36-41-3 (.469) in April; 6-4-0 (.600) in March

5-Star by month: 21-28-1 (.430) in June; 33-21-2 (.596) in May; 30-18-4 (.615) in April; 5-4-0 (.556) in March

(Max Scherzer photo courtesy Brad Mills/USA TODAY Sports)