Sept. 19 MLB Picks — Kansas City at Minnesota

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.

(Nelson Cruz photo courtesy Jesse Johnson/USA TODAY Sports)

Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Twins -1.5 runs (-140) — 5/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 10.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Cruz to hit HR (+196) — 3/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Twins -0.5 runs (-180) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 6 runs (-125) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Twins OVER 1.5 runs first 3 innings (-136) — 4/5 — WIN!

Day’s Record: 4-2-0 (.667)
Previous Day’s Record: 7-5-0 (.583)
September Record 54-55-5 (.496)

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: 895-861-55 (.509)

5-Star Pick Record: 1-0 (1.00)        (11-8-0 (.579) in September)    (159-133-9 (.543) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.00)        (16-11-1 (.589) in September)  (231-205-9 (.529) overall)
3-Star Pick Record: 1-2 (.333)        (27-36-4 (.433) in September)  (505-522-37 (.492) 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