July 31 MLB Picks — Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Angels and Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals

These are the condensed versions of picks for Wednesday’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.

(Miles Mikolas photo courtesy D. Ross Cameron/USA TODAY Sports)

Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Angels:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Tigers +1.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 10 runs (-110) — 4/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Tigers OVER 4 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Tigers +0.5 runs (+105) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 5.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Tigers OVER 2 runs (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Cardinals (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8 runs (-105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Cubs UNDER 4 runs (-121) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Cardinals -0.5 runs (+130) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4 runs (-105) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 0.5 runs/NO 1st inning run (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!

Day’s Record: 8-3-1 (.708)
Previous Day’s Record: 6-6-0 (.500)
July Record: 143-163-15 (.469)

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: 646-660-38 (.495)

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: 5-3 (.625)          (83-106-14 (.443) in July)  (367-399-26 (.480) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-0-1 (.750)       (39-40-1 (.494) in July)    (165-159-5 (.509) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.00)          (25-31-0 (.446) in July)    (114-102-7 (.527) 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