July 13 MLB Picks — Chicago White Sox at Oakland; Cincinnati at Colorado; Atlanta at San Diego

These are the condensed versions of picks for Saturday’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.

Kyle Freeland photo courtesy Benny Sieu/USA TODAY Sports

Chicago White Sox at Oakland Athletics:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Athletics -1.5 runs (-110) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 9.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Athletics OVER 5.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Athletics -0.5 runs (-145) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 5.5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Athletics 3-way money line first 3 innings (-110) — 4/5 — WIN!

Cincinnati Reds at Colorado Rockies:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Reds (+105) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 14 runs (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Rockies UNDER 7 runs (-110) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Reds -0.5 runs (+135) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 8 runs (-131) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Reds OVER 2 runs first 3 innings (Even) — 3/5 — WIN!

Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Padres (-125) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8.5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Braves UNDER 4 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Padres -0.5 runs (+121) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-105) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 0.5 runs first inning (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 9-9-0 (.500)
Previous Day’s Record: 8-3-1 (.708)
July Record: 44-51-7 (.466)

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: 543-534-30 (.504)

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: 5-6 (.455)          (19-32-7 (.388) in July)  (303-325-19 (.483) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 3-1 (.750)          (16-11-0 (.592) in July)  (142-130-4 (.522) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-2 (.333)          (9-8-0 (.529) in July)      (98-79-7 (.552) 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