Aug. 3 MLB Picks — Miami Marlins at Tampa Bay Rays; Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles; San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers

These are the condensed versions of picks for Saturday’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.

(Cody Bellinger photo courtesy Isaiah J. Downing/USA TODAY Sports)

Miami Marlins at Tampa Bay Rays:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Rays -1.5 runs (-105) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8.5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Marlins UNDER 3.5 runs (-131) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rays -0.5 runs (-145) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-125) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 0.5 runs/NO 1st inning run (-105) — 4/5 — WIN!

Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Blue Jays -1.5 runs (+121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 10 runs (-115) — 4/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Blue Jays OVER 5 runs (-115) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Blue Jays -0.5 runs (+121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 6 runs (-121) — 3/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Orioles UNDER 1.5 runs first 3 innings (-145) — 3/5 — WIN!

San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Dodgers -1.5 runs (-125) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8.5 runs (-115) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Bellinger 3+bases (+108) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Dodgers 3-way money line (-155) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 0.5 runs/NO 1st inning run (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!

Day’s Record: 9-7-2 (.556)
Previous Day’s Record: 2-4-0 (.333)
August Record: 13-15-2 (.467)

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: 659-675-40 (.494)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in August)    (0-0-0 (.000) overall)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)          (0-0-0 (.000) in August)    (0-0-0 (.000) overall)
3-Star Pick Record: 5-4-1 (.550)       (8-8-1 (.500) in August)    (375-407-27 (.480) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 3-1-1 (.700)       (3-4-1 (.438) in August)    (168-163-6 (.507) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-2 (.333)          (2-3-0 (.400) in August)    (116-105-7 (.524) overall)

1-Star by month: 0-0-0 (.000) in July; 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 July; 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: 83-106-14 (.443) in July; 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: 39-40-1 (.494) in July; 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: 25-31-0 (.446) in July; 21-28-1 (.430) in June; 33-21-2 (.596) in May; 30-18-4 (.615) in April; 5-4-0 (.556) in March