These are the condensed versions of picks for Sunday’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.
Cleveland Indians at Cincinnati Reds:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Indians -1.5 runs (+125) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9 runs (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Reds UNDER 4 runs (-105) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Indians -0.5 runs (+105) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 0.5 runs/NO 1st inning run (-105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Kansas City Royals at Washington Nationals:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Nationals -1.5 runs (-131) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9 runs (Even) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Royals UNDER 3.5 runs (-131) — 4/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Nationals -0.5 runs (-131) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Royals UNDER 1.5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners:
Side Prediction/Full Game: Athletics -1.5 runs (+115) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 9.5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Athletics OVER 5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Mariners -0.5 runs (+140) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 5 runs (-125) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Draw 1st inning money line (-125) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Day’s Record: 14-3-1 (.806)
Previous Day’s Record: 6-11-1 (.361)
July Record: 27-39-6 (.417)
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: 526-522-29 (.502)
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: 6-3-1 (.650) (11-23-6 (.350) in July) (295-316-18 (.482) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 5-0 (1.00) (10-10-0 (.500) in July) (136-129-4 (.513) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 3-0 (1.00) (6-6-0 (.500) in July) (95-77-7 (.550) 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
(Patrick Corbin photo courtesy Scott Taetsch/USA TODAY Sports)