Aug. 8 MLB Picks — Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers

These are the condensed versions of picks for Thursday’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.

(Miguel Cabrera photo courtesy David Richard/USA TODAY Sports)

Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Tigers -1.5 runs (-125) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 9 runs (-115) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Tigers OVER 5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Tigers -0.5 runs (+105) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Tigers 3-way money line 1st inning (+240) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 5-1-0 (.833)
Previous Day’s Record: 4-1-0 (.800)
August Record: 35-33-3 (.514)

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: 678-691-40 (.496)

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: 3-1 (.750)          (21-17-1 (.551) in August)   (388-416-27 (.483) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-0 (1.00)          (8-10-2 (.450) in August)     (173-169-7 (.506) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-0 (1.00)          (6-6-0 (.500) in August)       (120-108-7 (.526) 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