July 28 MLB Picks — Colorado Rockies at Cincinnati Reds; Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals; Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals

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.

(Walker Buehler photo courtesy Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA TODAY Sports)

Colorado Rockies at Cincinnati Reds:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Rockies +1.5 runs (-131) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 10 runs (-115) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Rockies OVER 4 runs (-131) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rockies +0.5 runs (-136) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 5.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Reds OVER 1.5 runs first 3 innings (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!

Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Nationals (Even) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8.5 runs (-105) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Dodgers UNDER 4 runs (Even) — 3/5 — PUSH!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Nationals +0.5 runs (-140) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-105) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 0.5 runs/NO 1st inning run (-121) — 3/5 — WIN!

Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Indians -1.5 runs (-115) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9 runs (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Royals UNDER 3.5 runs (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Indians -0.5 runs (-131) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Indians -0.5 runs first 3 innings (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 7-10-1 (.417)
Previous Day’s Record: 4-14-0 (.222)
July Record: 126-151-14 (.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: 629-648-37 (.493)

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: 6-5-1 (.542)       (74-96-14 (.440) in July)  (358-389-26 (.480) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 0-3 (.000)          (35-39-0 (.473) in July)    (161-158-4 (.505) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-2 (.333)          (21-30-0 (.412) in July)    (110-101-7 (.521) 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