MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals meet starter Jose Berrios and the Toronto Blue Jays at 7:40 PM ET on Monday, April 3 at Kauffman Stadium.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -147 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -123 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -122 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +107 |
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Stats and Trends for the Toronto Blue Jays
- Berrios will make his first start of the season for the Blue Jays.
- The last time the 28-year-old righty pitched was on Sunday, throwing zero scoreless innings out of the bullpen against the St. Louis Cardinals.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors last year, he ranked 45th in ERA (5.23), 45th in WHIP (1.419), and 29th in K/9 (7.8).
- The Blue Jays struck out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 12th in MLB.
- The Blue Jays pitched to a 3.90 last season, which ranked 15th in baseball.
- The Blue Jays ranked 11th in MLB with a combined 1.239 WHIP last season.
- The Blue Jays ranked 20th in long balls given up last season with 180 home runs against them.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Blue Jays
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- In 55.0% of his 129 games last season, Melendez got a hit. He also had 26 multi-hit games in 2022.
- In 17 of 129 games last year, he hit a long ball (13.2%). He went deep in 3.4% of his trips to the dish in 2022.
- He scored in 45 of 129 games last year (34.9%), including scoring more than once in 7.8% of his games (10 times).
- Melendez picked up an RBI in 42 of 129 games last year, with multiple RBIs in 14 of them. He drove in three or more runs in three games.
- He went down on strikes at least once 91 times last season in 129 games (70.5%), including 37 games striking out multiple times (28.7%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 65 | GP | 64 |
| 39 (60.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 32 (50.0%) |
| 14 (21.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 12 (18.8%) |
| 24 (36.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 21 (32.8%) |
| 11 (16.9%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (9.4%) |
| 26 (40.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 16 (25.0%) |
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