MJ Melendez’s Kansas City Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays, who will be sending Yusei Kikuchi to the hill, go head to head at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday, April 4. The first pitch will be thrown at 7:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -149 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -124 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -122 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +106 |
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Stats and Trends for the Toronto Blue Jays
- Kikuchi has been named the starter for the Blue Jays and will make his first start this season.
- The 31-year-old southpaw hasn’t pitched since last season. He last appeared on Monday against the Kansas City Royals, when he pitched zero scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
- He pitched to a 5.19 ERA while striking out 11.1 batters per nine innings with a record of 6-7 last season.
- The Blue Jays had a 8.7 K/9 last season as a pitching staff, which ranked 12th in the majors.
- The Blue Jays had the 15th-ranked ERA (3.90) in the majors last season.
- The Blue Jays ranked 11th in MLB with a combined 1.239 WHIP last season.
- The Blue Jays ranked 20th in home runs allowed last season with 180, or 1.1 per game.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Blue Jays
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 got a hit in 55.0% of his 129 games last season, with more than one hit in 20.2% of those contests.
- He hit a long ball in 13.2% of his games in 2022 (17 of 129), including 3.4% of his trips to the plate.
- He scored in 34.9% of his games last season (45 of 129), with two or more runs on 10 occasions (7.8%).
- Melendez drove in a run in 32.6% of his 129 games last season, with more than one RBI in 10.9% of them (14). He drove in three or more runs in three games.
- In 91 of 129 games a season ago (70.5%), he struck out one or more times, and in 37 of those games (28.7%) he struck out two or more times.
| 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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