At 1:10 PM ET on Thursday, September 28, MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will suit up against the Detroit Tigers and starting pitcher Sawyer Gipson-Long at Comerica Park, airing on BSDET.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -148 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -121 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -122 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +100 |
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Stats and Trends for the Detroit Tigers
- The Tigers’ Gipson-Long (1-0) will make his fourth start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Saturday, when he threw five innings against the Oakland Athletics, giving up one earned run while allowing four hits.
- The 25-year-old has pitched in three games this season with a 2.40 ERA, 12 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .182.
- The Tigers have a 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in the majors.
- The Tigers have the 19th-ranked ERA (4.34) in the majors this season.
- The Tigers have a combined WHIP of just 1.255 as a pitching staff, which is the 10th-best in baseball this season.
- The Tigers have allowed 183 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 12th in MLB.
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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 a hit in 62.1% of his games this season (90 of 145), and he posted more than one hit in 25 of those games (17.2%).
- Out of the 145 games he has gone to the plate in this season, he’s homered in 14 contests (9.7%), leaving the yard in 2.5% of his plate appearances.
- In 52 of 145 contests this season (35.9%), he has touched home plate, and 10 of those games (6.9%) included an effort that produced more than one run scored.
- Melendez has driven in a run in 36 of 145 games this year, including multiple RBI in 15 of them. He has also plated three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 73.1% of his games this year (106 of 145), striking out multiple times in 50 of those contests (34.5%).
| 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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