MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals meet starter George Kirby and the Seattle Mariners at 2:10 PM ET on Thursday, August 17 at Kauffman Stadium.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +106 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -130 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -132 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -115 |
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Stats and Trends for the Seattle Mariners
- The Mariners’ Kirby (10-8) will make his 24th start of the season.
- The right-hander allowed three hits in nine scoreless innings pitched against the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
- The 25-year-old’s 3.11 ERA ranks seventh, 1.002 WHIP ranks first, and 8.1 K/9 ranks 41st among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign.
- The Mariners average 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-most in the league.
- The Mariners have a 3.73 ERA as a team, best in baseball.
- The Mariners have a combined 1.181 WHIP as a pitching staff, first-lowest in MLB.
- The Mariners have allowed the sixth-fewest home runs this season at just 130, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/16/2023 | Luis Castillo | 3-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/15/2023 | Emerson Hancock | 3-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/14/2023 | Logan Gilbert | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 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
- In 73 of 114 games this year (64.0%), Melendez has recorded a hit, and he collected two or more knocks in 19 of those contests (16.7%).
- He has hit a home run in 9.6% of his games this season (114 contests), going yard in 2.6% of his trips to the dish.
- In 36.0% of his 114 games this season, he has scored (41 times). Also, he’s notched nine games with multiple runs in 2023 (7.9%).
- Melendez has driven in a run in 24.6% of his 114 games this year, with more than one RBI in 10.5% of them (12). He has also knocked in three or more runs in two contests.
- In 75.4% of his contests this season (86 of 114), he has gone down on strikes at least once. In 37 of those games (32.5%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 60 | GP | 54 |
| 39 (65.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 34 (63.0%) |
| 8 (13.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (20.4%) |
| 22 (36.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 19 (35.2%) |
| 6 (10.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (9.3%) |
| 15 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (24.1%) |
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