The upcoming game between MJ Melendez’s Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers (with Tarik Skubal drawing the start) is scheduled for Wednesday, September 27 at 6:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +103 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -134 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -136 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -121 |
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Stats and Trends for the Detroit Tigers
- The Tigers’ Skubal (7-3) will make his 15th start of the season.
- The left-hander last pitched on Friday, when he allowed two hits in seven scoreless innings against the Oakland Athletics.
- The 26-year-old has pitched in 14 games this season with a 2.95 ERA, 11.1 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .199.
- The Tigers average the 18th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
- Tigers pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.34 this year, which ranks 18th in MLB.
- The Tigers have a combined WHIP of just 1.255 as a pitching staff, which is the ninth-best in baseball this season.
- The Tigers have given up 183 home runs so far this season (the 12th-ranked total in MLB play).
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Tigers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/26/2023 | Reese Olson | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 7/20/2023 | Michael Lorenzen | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/19/2023 | Eduardo Rodríguez | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/18/2023 | Tarik Skubal | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/17/2023 | Matt Manning | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/20/2023 | Michael Lorenzen | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 6/19/2023 | Reese Olson | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/1 | 0 |
| 5/24/2023 | Matthew Boyd | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/23/2023 | Eduardo Rodríguez | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 5/22/2023 | Michael Lorenzen | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has picked up a hit in 62.1% of his 145 games this year, with multiple base knocks in 17.2% of those games (25).
- He has gone yard in 14 of 145 games in 2023 (9.7%), which is 2.5% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored in 35.9% of his 145 games this season. That includes more than one run scored in 6.9% of those contests (10).
- Melendez has driven in a run in 36 of 145 games this year, including multiple RBI in 15 of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
- In 73.1% of his contests this year (106 of 145), he has struck out at least once. In 50 of those games (34.5%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 75 | GP | 70 |
| 49 (65.3%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 41 (58.6%) |
| 14 (18.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (15.7%) |
| 29 (38.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 23 (32.9%) |
| 9 (12.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (7.1%) |
| 21 (28.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 15 (21.4%) |
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