MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals meet starter Dylan Cease and the Chicago White Sox at 7:40 PM ET on Monday, May 8 at Kauffman Stadium.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -142 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -116 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +104 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago White Sox
- Cease (2-1) will take to the mound for the White Sox and make his eighth start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Wednesday, when he tossed five innings while giving up four earned runs on five hits in a matchup with the Minnesota Twins.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 27-year-old’s 4.58 ERA ranks 53rd, 1.443 WHIP ranks 60th, and 11 K/9 ranks 10th.
- The White Sox have a 10.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, first-best in baseball.
- The White Sox have pitched to a 5.56 this season, which ranks 28th in baseball.
- The White Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.511 as a pitching staff, which is third-worst in baseball this season.
- The White Sox have given up the second-most long balls so far this season with 58 home runs allowed.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the White Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/1/2022 | Johnny Cueto | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/31/2022 | Lance Lynn | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/22/2022 | Michael Kopech | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 8/11/2022 | Dylan Cease | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/10/2022 | Johnny Cueto | 3-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/9/2022 | Davis Martin | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/9/2022 | Lance Lynn | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/3/2022 | Lance Lynn | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/2/2022 | Lucas Giolito | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/1 | 0 |
| 8/1/2022 | Michael Kopech | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has reached base with a base hit 17 times this season in 33 games played (51.5%), including multiple knocks in 15.2% of them (five times).
- He has homered in 9.1% of his games this season (33 contests), going yard in 2.3% of his trips to home plate.
- In 10 of 33 games this year (30.3%), he has touched home plate at least one time, including two games in which he scored more than one run.
- Melendez has tallied at least one RBI in seven of 33 games this season (21.2%). He has collected more than one RBI in four of those contests (12.1%).
- He has struck out at least once 25 times this year in 33 games (75.8%), including 14 games with more than one strikeout (42.4%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | GP | 14 |
| 8 (42.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 9 (64.3%) |
| 2 (10.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (21.4%) |
| 6 (31.6%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (28.6%) |
| 2 (10.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (7.1%) |
| 3 (15.8%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (28.6%) |
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