Sept. 1 MLB Picks — Miami at Washington; Cincinnati at St. Louis; Chicago White Sox at Atlanta

These are the condensed versions of picks for Sunday’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.

(Anthony Rendon photo courtesy Brad Mills/USA TODAY Sports)

Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Cardinals -1.5 runs (+130) — 5/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Cardinals’ Goldschmidt to have RBI (+111) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Cardinals -0.5 runs (-121) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Cardinals OVER 1 run first 3 innings (-145) — 3/5 — PUSH!

Miami Marlins at Washington Nationals:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Nationals -2.5 runs (Even) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9 runs (-121) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Nationals’ Rendon to hit HR (+280) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Nationals -1.5 runs (Even) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: OVER 5 runs (-121) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Nationals 3-way ML first 3 innings (-125) — 4/5 — WIN!

Chicago White Sox at Atlanta:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Braves ML (-150) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9 runs (-115) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Braves’ Freeman to total 3+ bases (+111) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Braves -0.5 runs (+105) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-131) — 4/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Braves OVER 1 run (-140) — 3/5 — WIN!

Day’s Record: 11-6-1 (.639)
Previous Day’s Record: 9-9-0 (.500)
September Record 11-6-1 (.639)

August Record: 195-146-12 (.571)
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: 852-812-51 (.512)

5-Star Pick Record: 2-1 (.667)        (2-1-0 (.667) in September)      (150-126-9 (.542) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 3-2 (.600)        (3-2-0 (.600) in September)      (218-196-8 (.526) overall)
3-Star Pick Record: 6-3-1 (.650)     (6-3-1 (.650) in September)      (484-489-34 (.498) overall)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)        (0-0-0 (.000) in September)      (0-1-0 (.000) overall)
1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)        (0-0-0 (.000) in September)      (0-0-0 (.000) overall)

5-Star by month:
34-23-2 (.593) in August
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

4-Star by month:
50-35-3 (.585) in August
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

3-Star by month:
111-85-7 (.564) in August
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

2-Star by month:
0-1-0 (.000) in August
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

1-Star by month:
0-0-0 (.000) in August
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