July 29 MLB Picks — Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds

These are the condensed versions of picks for Monday’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.

(Joey Votto photo courtesy Orlando Ramirez/USA TODAY Sports)

Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Reds -1.5 runs (-120) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 10 runs (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Reds’ Suarez to hit HR (+210) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Reds 3-way money line (-140) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Reds OVER 1.5 runs first 3 innings (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!

Day’s Record: 3-3-0 (.500)
Previous Day’s Record: 7-10-1 (.417)
July Record: 129-154-14 (.458)

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: 632-651-37 (.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: 1-3 (.250)          (75-99-14 (.436) in July)  (359-392-26 (.479) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-0 (1.00)          (36-39-0 (.480) in July)    (162-158-4 (.506) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-0 (1.00)          (22-30-0 (.423) in July)    (111-101-7 (.523) 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