Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum is where MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will go up against starter Paul Blackburn and the Oakland Athletics on Monday, August 21 at 9:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +103 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -133 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -134 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -120 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will hand the ball to Blackburn (3-3) for his 14th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Wednesday, when he allowed six hits in seven scoreless innings against the St. Louis Cardinals.
- The 29-year-old has an ERA of 4.09, 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .279 in 14 games this season.
- The Athletics strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 25th in MLB.
- Athletics pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.81 this year, which ranks 30th in MLB.
- The Athletics have a combined WHIP of 1.551 as a pitching staff, which is worst in baseball this season.
- The Athletics have given up the fifth-most long balls so far this season with 169 home runs allowed.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/7/2023 | Mason Miller | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/6/2023 | Ken Waldichuk | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/5/2023 | Kyle Muller | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/26/2022 | James Kaprielian | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 6/25/2022 | Jared Koenig | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/24/2022 | Cole Irvin | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/19/2022 | Jared Koenig | 2-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/17/2022 | Frankie Montás | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/2 | 0 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has tallied a hit 77 times this season in 118 games played (65.3%), with 20 multi-hit efforts (16.9%).
- In 9.3% of his games this season, he has hit a home run (11 of 118). He’s hit a round-tripper in 2.5% of his trips to the plate during the 2023 campaign.
- He has scored at least one run in 41 out of 118 games this year (34.7%), which includes more than one run scored in nine of those contests (7.6%).
- Melendez has picked up at least one RBI in 24.6% of his games this year (29 of 118), including more than one RBI in 12 of those contests (10.2%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has gone down on strikes at least once 89 times this season in 118 games (75.4%), including 39 games with more than one strikeout (33.1%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | GP | 57 |
| 40 (65.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 37 (64.9%) |
| 9 (14.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (19.3%) |
| 22 (36.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 19 (33.3%) |
| 6 (9.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (8.8%) |
| 16 (26.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (22.8%) |
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