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| Date | Tipster | Comp. -- Road Team @ Home Team |
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| 2026-10-18 | FirstDown | MLB Baseball -- Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Guardians |
| 2026-10-19 | FirstDown | MLB Baseball -- Cleveland Guardians at Tampa Bay Rays |
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TIPSTER RETURNS : MLB PICKS BY YEAR SINCE 2020
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Picks Lost |
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Picks Push |
Picks Void |
Stake | Profit / Loss |
Yield |
| FirstDown | 2026 | 178 | 81 | 94 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 177 | -27.86 | -15.7% |
| FirstDown | 2025 | 151 | 84 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 6.52 | 4.3% |
| FirstDown | 2024 | 116 | 59 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 116 | -6.62 | -5.7% |
| FirstDown | 2023 | 176 | 86 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176 | -17.31 | -9.8% |
| FirstDown | 2022 | 149 | 83 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 149 | 10.93 | 7.3% |
| ArmchairPunter | 2022 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -0.71 | -8.9% |
| FirstDown | 2021 | 45 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | -5.94 | -13.2% |
| ArmchairPunter | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1.00 | -100.0% |
| FirstDown | 2020 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | -2.05 | -6.2% |
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 RECENT MLB WORLD SERIES | |||
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| SEASON | CHAMPIONS | SCORE | FINALISTS |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-1 | New York Yankees |
| 2023 | Texas Rangers | 4-1 | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| 2022 | Houston Astros | 4-2 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 2021 | Atlanta Braves | 4-2 | Houston Astros |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-2 | Tampa Bay Rays |
| 2019 | Washington Nationals | 4-3 | Houston Astros |
| 2018 | Boston Red Sox | 4-3 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 2017 | Houston Astros | 4-3 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs | 4-3 | Cleveland Indians |
| 2015 | Kansas City Royals | 4-1 | New York Mets |
| 2014 | San Francisco Giants | 4-3 | Kansas City Royals |
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox | 4-2 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 2012 | San Francisco Giants | 4-0 | Detroit Tigers |
| 2011 | St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 | Texas Rangers |
| 2010 | San Francisco Giants | 4-1 | Texas Rangers |
| 2009 | New York Yankees | 4-2 | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 2008 | Philadelphia Phillies | 4-1 | Tampa Bay Rays |
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