On Friday, August 25 at 10:10 PM ET, MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will match up with starter Bryce Miller and the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park, airing on APLTV.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -139 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -114 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -115 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +105 |
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Stats and Trends for the Seattle Mariners
- The Mariners’ Miller (8-4) will make his 19th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, Aug. 19, when he tossed 6 1/3 innings without allowing a run on two hits in a matchup with the Houston Astros.
- The 25-year-old has pitched in 18 games this season with an ERA of 3.78, a 4.45 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.014.
- The Mariners average 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-most in the league.
- The Mariners have the first-best ERA (3.69) in the majors this season.
- The Mariners have a combined WHIP of just 1.179 as a pitching staff, which is the first-best in baseball this season.
- The Mariners have given up the fourth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 136 home runs allowed.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Mariners
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/17/2023 | George Kirby | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 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
- Melendez has recorded a hit in 79 of 121 games this year, with multiple hits in 20 of them.
- He has homered in 9.1% of his games this season (121 contests), going yard in 2.4% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored a run in 43 of 121 games this season, including multiple runs scored in nine of them.
- Melendez has notched an RBI in 24.0% of his 121 games this season, with two or more RBI in 9.9% of those contests (12). He has also knocked in three or more runs in two contests.
- In 92 of 121 games this season (76.0%), he has gone down on strikes. Plus, 40 of those games (33.1%) included a performance that resulted in two or more strikeouts.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | GP | 60 |
| 40 (65.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 39 (65.0%) |
| 9 (14.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (18.3%) |
| 22 (36.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 21 (35.0%) |
| 6 (9.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (8.3%) |
| 16 (26.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (21.7%) |
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