Aug. 13 MLB Picks — Houston at Chicago White Sox (Game 1 DH); Seattle at Detroit; Tampa Bay at San Diego

These are the condensed versions of picks for Tuesday’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.

(Fernando Tatis Jr. photo courtesy Jake Roth/USA TODAY Sports)

 

Houston Astros at Chicago White Sox (Game 1/DH):

Side Prediction/Full Game: Astros -2.5 runs (-136) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9.5 runs (-121) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Astros OVER 6 runs (-105) — 3/5 — PUSH!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Astros -1.5 runs (-121) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Astros OVER 1.5 runs first 3 innings (-115) — 4/5 — WIN!

Seattle Mariners at Detroit Tigers:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Mariners ML (+140) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 9 runs (-105) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Mariners OVER 3.5 runs (-131) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Tigers -0.5 runs (-125) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Tigers OVER 1.5 runs first 3 innings (+115) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Tampa Bay Rays at San Diego Padres:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Rays ML (-125) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 8 runs (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Rays OVER 4 runs (-110) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Rays -0.5 runs (+111) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 4.5 runs (Even) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 2.5 runs first 3 innings (Even) — 3/5 — WIN!

Day’s Record: 14-3-1 (.806)
Previous Day’s Record: 6-12-0 (.333)
August Record: 70-63-4 (.526)

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: 713-721-41 (.497)

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: 7-2-1 (.750)       (44-34-2 (.563) in August)   (411-433-28 (.487) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 5-0 (1.00)          (16-16-2 (.500) in August)   (181-175-7 (.508) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 2-1 (.667)          (10-13-0 (.435) in August)   (124-115-7 (.518) 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