July 21 MLB Picks — San Diego Padres (46-52) at Chicago Cubs (54-44); Philadelphia Phillies (51-48) at Pittsburgh Pirates (46-51); New York Mets (45-53) at San Francisco Giants (49-50)

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.

(Javy Baez photo courtesy Jon Durr/USA TODAY Sports)

Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Pirates (-140) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 11 runs (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Pirates OVER 5.5 runs (-115) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Pirates -0.5 runs (-110) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 6 runs (-121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Phillies UNDER 1.5 runs first 3 innings (-140) — 3/5 — WIN!

San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Cubs -1.5 runs (Even) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 7.5 runs (Even) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Schwarber to hit HR (+250) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Cubs 3-way money line (-125) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Padres OVER 0.5 runs first 3 innings (-145) — 3/5 — LOSS!

New York Mets at San Francisco Giants:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Giants (-125) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 9 runs (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Giants OVER 4.5 runs (-110) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Mets +0.5 runs (-136) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Giants OVER 1 run first 3 innings (-140) — 3/5 — PUSH!

Day’s Record: 6-11-1 (.361)
Previous Day’s Record: 13-5-0 (.722)
July Record: 95-107-9 (.472)

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: 594-590-32 (.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: 5-5-1 (.500)       (50-67-9 (.433) in July)    (334-360-21 (.482) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-3 (.250)          (29-21-0 (.580) in July)    (155-140-4 (.525) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 0-3 (.000)          (16-19-0 (.457) in July)    (105-90-7 (.537) 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