At 9:40 PM ET on Tuesday, August 22, MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will take the diamond against the Oakland Athletics and starting pitcher Dany Jimenez at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, airing on NSPCA.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -118 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +100 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- The Athletics will send out Jimenez for his first start of the season.
- The 29-year-old righty has pitched in relief nine times already this year, but will make his first start.
- He has pitched to a 6.75 ERA this season with 4.5 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 7.9 walks per nine across nine games.
- The Athletics have a 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in the majors.
- Athletics pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.80 this year, which ranks 30th in MLB.
- The Athletics have a combined 1.546 WHIP as a pitching staff, highest in MLB.
- The Athletics have allowed the fifth-most home runs this season with 170, or 1.4 per game.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/21/2023 | Paul Blackburn | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 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 reached base with a base hit 78 times this year in 119 games played (65.5%), including multiple knocks in 16.8% of them (20 times).
- He has left the yard in 11 of 119 games in 2023 (9.2%), which is 2.5% of his trips to the plate.
- In 42 of 119 contests this season (35.3%), he has scored, and nine of those games (7.6%) included an effort that produced more than one run scored.
- Melendez has plated at least one run 29 times this season in 119 games played (24.4%), including 12 times driving in multiple runs (10.1%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has fanned 90 times this season in 119 games played (75.6%), including 39 times punching out multiple times (32.8%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | GP | 58 |
| 40 (65.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 38 (65.5%) |
| 9 (14.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (19.0%) |
| 22 (36.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 20 (34.5%) |
| 6 (9.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (8.6%) |
| 16 (26.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (22.4%) |
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