July 23 MLB Picks — San Diego Padres (47-52) at New York Mets (45-54) and Baltimore Orioles (31-68) at Arizona Diamondbacks (51-50)

These are the condensed versions of picks for Tuesday’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.

(Chris Paddack photo courtesy Jasen Vinlove/USA TODAY Sports)

San Diego Padres at New York Mets:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Padres (-136) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8.5 runs (-121) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Mets UNDER 3.5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Mets +0.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-121) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Mets UNDER 2 runs (-131) — 3/5 — WIN!

Baltimore Orioles at Arizona Diamondbacks:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Diamondbacks -1.5 runs (+115) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9 runs (-105) — 3/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Diamondbacks OVER 5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Diamondbacks -0.5 runs (-125) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Diamondbacks OVER 1.5 runs first 3 innings (-131) — 4/5 — WIN!

Day’s Record: 5-6-1 (.458)
Previous Day’s Record: 4-7-1 (.375)
July Record: 106-120-11 (.470)

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: 605-603-34 (.501)

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: 2-4-1 (.357)       (55-76-11 (.426) in July)  (339-369-23 (.479) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-1 (.667)          (32-24-0 (.571) in July)    (158-143-4 (.526) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)          (19-20-0 (.487) in July)    (108-91-7 (.541) 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