July 1 MLB Picks — L.A. Angels at Texas

These are the condensed versions of picks for Monday’s Major League Baseball game(s). 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.

Los Angeles Angels at Texas Rangers:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Rangers -1.5 runs (+135) — 4/5
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 10.5 runs (Even) — 3/5
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Angels UNDER 4.5 runs (Even) — 4/5
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rangers 3-way money line (-110) — 5/5
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5.5 runs (-121) — 3/5
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Angels UNDER 2.5 runs (-121) — 3/5

Day’s Record: 8-9-1 (.472)
Previous Day’s Record: 10-2-0 (.833)
July Record: 0-0-0 (.000)

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 July)      (0-0-0 (.000) overall)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in July)      (0-0-0 (.000) overall)
3-Star Pick Record: 5-5 (.500)          (0-0-0 (.000) in July)      (284-293-12 (.492) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 3-2 (.600)          (0-0-0 (.000) in July)      (126-118-4 (.516) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-2-1 (.167)       (0-0-0 (.000) in July)      (89-71-7 (.554) overall)

1-Star by month: 0-0-0 (.000) in June; 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 June; 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

(Joey Gallo photo courtesy Jim Cowsert/USA TODAY Sports)