July 19 MLB Picks — St. Louis Cardinals (49-46) at Cincinnati Reds (43-51); Washington Nationals (51-44) at Atlanta Braves (58-40)

These are the condensed versions of picks for Thursday’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.

(Patrick Corbin photo courtesy Bill Streicher/USA TODAY Sports)

St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Reds:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Cardinals -1.5 runs (+146) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 10.5 runs (-121) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Reds UNDER 4.5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Cardinals -0.5 runs (+125) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5.5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 0.5 runs/NO 1st inning run (+115) — 3/5 — WIN!

Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Nationals -1.5 runs (+125) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 10 runs (-105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Rendon to hit HR (+300) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction2/Full Game: Corbin OVER 6.5 strikeouts (-107)* — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Nationals 3-way money line (Even) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5.5 runs (-121) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Braves 3-way money line 1st inning (+270) — LOSS!

*Prop Bet Line courtesy Rivers Casino

Day’s Record: 3-10-0 (.231)
Previous Day’s Record: 6-6-0 (.500)
July Record: 76-91-8 (.457)

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: 575-574-31 (.500)

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: 2-6 (.250)         (37-59-8 (.394) in July)    (321-352-20 (.478) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-2 (.333)         (24-18-0 (.571) in July)    (150-137-4 (.522) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-2 (.000)         (15-14-0 (.517) in July)    (104-85-7 (.548) 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