MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will hit the field at Wrigley Field on Saturday, August 19, where they will square off against the Chicago Cubs and starting pitcher Justin Steele. The matchup will begin at 2:20 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -118 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +101 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- Steele (13-3) will take the mound for the Cubs, his 23rd start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed five innings while giving up three earned runs on six hits in a matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 28-year-old’s 3.21 ERA ranks eighth, 1.190 WHIP ranks 26th, and 8.6 K/9 ranks 32nd.
- The Cubs have a 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in the majors.
- The Cubs have pitched to a 4.29 this season, which ranks 17th in baseball.
- The Cubs rank 16th in MLB with a combined 1.283 WHIP this season.
- With just 136 homers allowed, the Cubs rank eighth in the league at preventing long balls.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/18/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has recorded a hit in 75 of 116 games this season, with multiple hits in 20 of them.
- He has hit a long ball in 11 games this season, going deep in 2.5% of his trips to home plate.
- In 35.3% of his 116 games this season, he has scored a run (41 times). Also, he’s notched nine games with multiple runs in 2023 (7.8%).
- Melendez has tallied an RBI in 29 of 116 games this year, including multiple RBI in 12 of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 75.0% of his games this season (87 of 116), striking out multiple times in 37 of them (31.9%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | GP | 55 |
| 40 (65.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 35 (63.6%) |
| 9 (14.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (20.0%) |
| 22 (36.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 19 (34.5%) |
| 6 (9.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (9.1%) |
| 16 (26.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (23.6%) |
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