Kauffman Stadium is where MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will take on starter Logan Gilbert and the Seattle Mariners on Monday, August 14 at 8:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -118 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +100 |
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Stats and Trends for the Seattle Mariners
- The Mariners will send Gilbert (10-5) to the mound for his 24th start this season.
- The right-hander allowed one hit in seven scoreless innings pitched against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.
- Among qualified pitchers this season, the 26-year-old’s 3.66 ERA ranks 25th, 1.024 WHIP ranks third, and 9 K/9 ranks 29th.
- The Mariners average 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-most in the league.
- Mariners pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.68 this year, first-best in baseball.
- No team allows fewer walks and hits than the Mariners, who lead MLB with a 1.167 WHIP.
- The Mariners have allowed the fifth-fewest home runs this season at just 126, or 1.1 per game.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Mariners
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/25/2022 | Luis Castillo | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2/2 | 0 |
| 9/24/2022 | Logan Gilbert | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/23/2022 | Marco Gonzales | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has picked up a hit in 71 of 111 games this year (64.0%), with more than one hit in 17 of them (15.3%).
- Out of the 111 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s homered in 11 contests (9.9%), leaving the ballpark in 2.6% of his plate appearances.
- He has touched home plate at least one time in 39 out of 111 games this season (35.1%), which includes more than one run scored in nine of those contests (8.1%).
- In 24.3% of his 111 games this season, Melendez has notched an RBI (27 times). Also, he’s notched 12 games with multiple RBI in 2023 (10.8%) and plated three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- In 84 of 111 games this year (75.7%), he has been set down on strikes. Plus, 36 of those games (32.4%) included a performance that resulted in more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 57 | GP | 54 |
| 37 (64.9%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 34 (63.0%) |
| 6 (10.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (20.4%) |
| 20 (35.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 19 (35.2%) |
| 6 (10.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (9.3%) |
| 14 (24.6%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (24.1%) |
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