MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals take on starter Lance Lynn and the Chicago White Sox at 7:40 PM ET on Wednesday, May 10 at Kauffman Stadium.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -141 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -117 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +104 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago White Sox
- The White Sox’s Lynn (1-4) will make his eighth start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Friday, when he tossed 6 2/3 innings while giving up four earned runs on eight hits in a matchup with the Cincinnati Reds.
- The 35-year-old ranks 74th in ERA (6.86), 67th in WHIP (1.525), and sixth in K/9 (11.4) among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign.
- The White Sox average 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, most in the league.
- White Sox pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.66 this year, which ranks 29th in MLB.
- White Sox pitchers have a 1.509 WHIP this season, third-worst in the majors.
- The White Sox have allowed the second-most home runs this season with 60, or 1.6 per game.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the White Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/9/2023 | Lucas Giolito | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/8/2023 | Dylan Cease | 2-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has recorded a hit 19 times this year in 35 games played (54.3%), with six multi-hit efforts (17.1%).
- He has homered in four games this season, leaving the ballpark in 2.9% of his trips to the plate.
- In 11 of 35 contests this year (31.4%), he has scored, and three of those games (8.6%) included a performance that produced more than one run scored.
- In 22.9% of his 35 games this season, Melendez has driven in a run (eight times). Also, he’s notched five games with multiple RBI in 2023 (14.3%) and driven in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has gone down on strikes in 77.1% of his 35 games this season, while fanning more than once in 40% of those games (14).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | GP | 14 |
| 10 (47.6%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 9 (64.3%) |
| 3 (14.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (21.4%) |
| 7 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (28.6%) |
| 3 (14.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (7.1%) |
| 4 (19%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (28.6%) |
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