On Friday, September 1 at 8:10 PM ET, MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will challenge starter James Paxton and the Boston Red Sox at Kauffman Stadium, airing on BSKC.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -117 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +101 |
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Stats and Trends for the Boston Red Sox
- The Red Sox’s Paxton (7-4) will make his 19th start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Saturday, when he gave up four earned runs and allowed four hits in 4 1/3 innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- The 34-year-old has pitched in 18 games this season with a 3.99 ERA, 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .237.
- The Red Sox strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 15th in MLB.
- The Red Sox have pitched to a 4.48 this season, which ranks 19th in baseball.
- The Red Sox rank 20th in MLB with a combined 1.344 WHIP this season.
- With 176 homers allowed, the Red Sox rank 25th in the league at preventing long balls.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Red Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/10/2023 | James Paxton | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/9/2023 | Nick Pivetta | 2-for-4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/8/2023 | Kutter Crawford | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/7/2023 | Brayan Bello | 3-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/18/2022 | Nick Pivetta | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 9/17/2022 | Rich Hill | 3-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 9/16/2022 | Michael Wacha | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/7/2022 | Kutter Crawford | 2-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/6/2022 | Nathan Eovaldi | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/5/2022 | Josh Winckowski | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/2 | 0 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has collected a base hit 82 times this season in 126 games played (65.1%), including multiple knocks on 20 occasions (15.9%).
- He has homered in 8.7% of his games in 2023 (11 of 126), which amounts to 2.3% of his trips to the dish.
- In 35.7% of his 126 games this season, he has scored a run (45 times). Also, he’s notched nine games with multiple runs in 2023 (7.1%).
- Melendez has notched at least one RBI in 29 out of 126 games this year (23.0%). He has collected more than one RBI in 12 of them (9.5%).
- In 76.2% of his contests this season (96 of 126), he has struck out at least once. In 44 of those games (34.9%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 64 | GP | 62 |
| 42 (65.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 40 (64.5%) |
| 9 (14.1%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (17.7%) |
| 23 (35.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 22 (35.5%) |
| 6 (9.4%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (8.1%) |
| 16 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (21.0%) |
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