On Sunday, August 27 at 4:10 PM ET, MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will square off against starter Luis Castillo and the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park, airing on RSNW.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +106 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -131 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -131 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -115 |
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Stats and Trends for the Seattle Mariners
- The Mariners will hand the ball to Castillo (10-7) for his 27th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up one earned run in seven innings pitched on Tuesday in his last outing, a matchup with the Chicago White Sox.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 30-year-old’s 3.15 ERA ranks eighth, 1.036 WHIP ranks third, and 10 K/9 ranks 14th.
- The Mariners strike out 9.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, seventh-best in MLB.
- Mariners pitchers have the lowest combined ERA in the majors at 3.69.
- No team allows fewer walks and hits than the Mariners, who lead MLB with a 1.178 WHIP.
- The Mariners have given up the fourth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 138 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/25/2023 | Bryce Miller | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 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 picked up a hit in 80 out of 122 games this year (65.6%), with at least two hits in 20 of those games (16.4%).
- He has homered in 11 of 122 games in 2023 (9.0%), which is 2.4% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least a run in 44 out of 122 games this season (36.1%), which includes two or more runs scored in nine of those contests (7.4%).
- Melendez has notched at least one RBI in 23.8% of his games this season (29 of 122), including two or more RBI in 12 of those games (9.8%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- In 76.2% of his contests this season (93 of 122), he has gone down on strikes one or more times. In 41 of those games (33.6%), he registered more than one punchout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | GP | 61 |
| 40 (65.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 40 (65.6%) |
| 9 (14.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (18.0%) |
| 22 (36.1%) | Games w/1+ Run | 22 (36.1%) |
| 6 (9.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (8.2%) |
| 16 (26.2%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (21.3%) |
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