Sept. 20 MLB Picks — Pittsburgh at Milwaukee; Arizona at San Diego

These are the condensed versions of picks for Friday’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.

(Mike Moustakas photo courtesy Benny Sieu/USA TODAY Sports)

Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Brewers -1.5 runs (+105) — 4/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 9 runs (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Pirates UNDER 3.5 runs (-115) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Brewers -0.5 runs (-140) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 5 runs (-110) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Brewers OVER 2.5 runs (-131) — 3/5 — WIN!

Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Diamondbacks ML (-105) — 3/5 –WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 8 runs (-110) — 4/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Padres UNDER 4 runs (-125) — 5/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st 5 innings: Diamondbacks -0.5 runs (+125) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st 5 innings: UNDER 4.5 runs (-115) — 3/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/1st 5 innings: Diamondbacks 3-way ML 1st 3 innings (+121) — 3/5 — WIN!

Day’s Record: 10-2-0 (.833)
Previous Day’s Record: 4-2-0 (.667)
September Record 64-57-5 (.528)

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: 905-863-55 (.512)

5-Star Pick Record: 2-0 (1.00)        (13-8-0 (.619) in September)    (161-133-9 (.546) overall)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-1 (.500)        (17-12-1 (.583) in September)  (232-206-9 (.529) overall)
3-Star Pick Record: 7-1 (.875)        (34-37-4 (.480) in September)  (512-523-37 (.495) 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