MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals meet starter Clarke Schmidt and the New York Yankees at 7:10 PM ET on Saturday, September 30 at Kauffman Stadium.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +105 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -132 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -132 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -117 |
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Stats and Trends for the New York Yankees
- The Yankees will hand the ball to Schmidt (9-9) for his 32nd start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Monday, when he tossed four innings while giving up two earned runs on three hits in a matchup with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- The 27-year-old has an ERA of 4.65, a 3.17 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.335 in 32 games this season.
- The Yankees have a nine K/9 this season as a pitching staff, 10th-best in baseball.
- The Yankees have the 10th-best ERA (4.00) in the majors this season.
- The Yankees have a combined WHIP of just 1.237 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
- The Yankees have given up 191 home runs so far this season (the 15th-ranked total in MLB play).
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Yankees
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/23/2023 | Luis Severino | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/22/2023 | Gerrit Cole | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/21/2023 | Clarke Schmidt | 1-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/31/2022 | Jordan Montgomery | 2-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 7/30/2022 | Nestor Cortes Jr. | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 7/29/2022 | Gerrit Cole | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/28/2022 | Jameson Taillon | 2-for-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has a hit in 62.3% of his games this year (91 of 146), and he posted multiple hits in 25 of those contests (17.1%).
- He has hit a long ball in 14 games this season, leaving the ballpark in 2.5% of his trips to the dish.
- He has scored at least a run in 36.3% of his contests this season (53 of 146), with two or more runs scored in 10 of those contests (6.8%).
- In 24.7% of his contests this season (36 of 146), Melendez has produced at least one run. In 15 of those games (10.3%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in three games.
- He has gone down on strikes at least once 106 times this season in 146 games (72.6%), including 50 games with more than one strikeout (34.2%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 75 | GP | 71 |
| 49 (65.3%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 42 (59.2%) |
| 14 (18.7%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 11 (15.5%) |
| 29 (38.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 24 (33.8%) |
| 9 (12.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 5 (7.0%) |
| 21 (28.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 15 (21.1%) |
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