Kauffman Stadium is where MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will challenge starter Alek Manoah and the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday, April 5 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 | -123 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -121 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +103 |
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Stats and Trends for the Toronto Blue Jays
- The Blue Jays’ Manoah will make his second start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched out of the bullpen on Tuesday, when he threw zero scoreless innings without allowing a hit to the Kansas City Royals.
- The Blue Jays averaged the 12th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the league last season.
- Blue Jays pitchers had a combined ERA of 3.90 last year, which ranked 15th in MLB.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/4/2023 | Yusei Kikuchi | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 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 reached base via a hit in 71 of 129 games last season (55.0%), including multiple hits in 20.2% of those games (26 of them).
- He hit a long ball in 17 of 129 games in 2022 (13.2%), including 3.4% of his trips to the plate.
- He scored in 34.9% of his games last season (45 of 129), with more than one run on 10 occasions (7.8%).
- Melendez drove in a run in 42 of 129 games last season (32.6%), including 14 occasions when he drove in multiple runs (10.9%). He had three or more RBIs in three games.
- In 70.5% of his games last season (91 of 129), he went down on strikes one or more times, and in 37 of those games (28.7%) he went down on strikes multiple 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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