Aug. 28 MLB Picks — Pittsburgh at Philadelphia; Baltimore at Washington

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.

(Max Scherzer photo courtesy Charles LeClaire/USA TODAY Sports)

Pittsburgh Pirates at Philadelphia Phillies:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Phillies ML (-136) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: OVER 10 runs (-105) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Pirates OVER 4.5 runs (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Phillies -0.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 5.5 runs (-121) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Phillies OVER 2.5 runs (-131) — 3/5 — WIN!

Baltimore Orioles at Washington Nationals:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Nationals -1.5 runs (-191) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9 runs (-121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Nationals OVER 5.5 runs (-125) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Nationals -1.5 runs (-125) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 4.5 runs (-125) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Nationals OVER 1.5 runs first 3 innings (-121) — 3/5 — WIN!

Day’s Record: 10-2-0 (.833)
Previous Day’s Record: 8-4-0 (.667)
August Record: 179-121-12 (.593)

July Record: 147-177-15 (.456)
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: 825-781-50 (.513)

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)          (0-1-0 (.000) in August)      (0-1-0 (.000) overall)
3-Star Pick Record: 6-2 (.750)          (103-70-7 (.592) in August) (470-471-33 (.499) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.00)          (45-28-3 (.612) in August)   (210-187-8 (.528) overall)
5-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.00)          (31-20-2 (.604) in August)   (145-122-9 (.542) 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