MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will take the field at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Wednesday, August 23, where they will play the Oakland Athletics and starting pitcher Adrian Martinez. The matchup will start at 3:37 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -150 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -123 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -124 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -103 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- Martinez will make his first start of the season for the Athletics.
- The 26-year-old righty will start for the first time this campaign after pitching in relief 14 times.
- He has an ERA of 5.85, a 2.33 strikeout to walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.423 in 14 games this season.
- The Athletics strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 24th in MLB.
- The Athletics have pitched to a 5.78 this season, which ranks 30th in baseball.
- The Athletics have a combined WHIP of 1.541 as a pitching staff, which is worst in baseball this season.
- The Athletics have allowed the fifth-most home runs this season with 170, or 1.3 per game.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/22/2023 | Dany Jimenez | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 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 collected a base hit 79 times this season in 120 games played (65.8%), including multiple knocks on 20 occasions (16.7%).
- In 11 of 120 games this season, he has homered (9.2%). He’s hit a round-tripper in 2.4% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least a run 43 times this season in 120 games played (35.8%), including nine games with more than one run (7.5%).
- Melendez has driven in at least one run 29 times this season in 120 games played (24.2%), including 12 games with more than one RBI (10.0%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has gone down on strikes at least once in 91 of 120 games this year (75.8%), while fanning multiple times in 39 of those games (32.5%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | GP | 59 |
| 40 (65.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 39 (66.1%) |
| 9 (14.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (18.6%) |
| 22 (36.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 21 (35.6%) |
| 6 (9.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (8.5%) |
| 16 (26.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (22.0%) |
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