MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will take the field at Rogers Centre on Saturday, September 9, where they will play the Toronto Blue Jays and starting pitcher Kevin Gausman. The matchup will begin at 3:07 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -141 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -116 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +102 |
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Stats and Trends for the Toronto Blue Jays
- The Blue Jays will send Gausman (10-8) to the mound for his 28th start this season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Sunday, when he gave up three earned runs and allowed six hits in four innings against the Colorado Rockies.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this season, the 32-year-old ranks 13th in ERA (3.39), 25th in WHIP (1.205), and second in K/9 (11.7).
- The Blue Jays have a 9.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, first-best in baseball.
- The Blue Jays have pitched to a 3.75 this season, which ranks second in baseball.
- The Blue Jays have a combined WHIP of just 1.239 as a pitching staff, which is the seventh-best in baseball this season.
- With 172 homers allowed, the Blue Jays rank 16th in the league at preventing long balls.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Blue Jays
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/8/2023 | Yusei Kikuchi | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/6/2023 | Kevin Gausman | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/2 | 0 |
| 4/5/2023 | Alek Manoah | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/3/2023 | José Berríos | 2-for-5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 6/8/2022 | Yusei Kikuchi | 1-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 6/7/2022 | Alek Manoah | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 6/6/2022 | Ross Stripling | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has collected a hit in 85 of 132 games this season (64.4%), with more than one hit in 23 of those contests (17.4%).
- He has hit a home run in 9.8% of his games this season (132 contests), going yard in 2.6% of his trips to the dish.
- In 48 of 132 contests this season (36.4%), he has scored a run, and nine of those games (6.8%) included a performance that produced more than one run scored.
- Melendez has driven in at least one run in 23.5% of his games this year (31 of 132), including more than one RBI in 14 of those games (10.6%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times 99 times this season in 132 games (75.0%), including 44 games with more than one strikeout (33.3%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 69 | GP | 63 |
| 45 (65.2%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 40 (63.5%) |
| 12 (17.4%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (17.5%) |
| 26 (37.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 22 (34.9%) |
| 8 (11.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (7.9%) |
| 18 (26.1%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (20.6%) |
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