MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals take on starter Corbin Burnes and the Milwaukee Brewers at 8:10 PM ET on Friday, May 12 at American Family Field.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +106 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -133 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -132 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -110 |
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Stats and Trends for the Milwaukee Brewers
- Burnes (3-2) will take the mound for the Brewers, his eighth start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed six innings while giving up two earned runs on four hits in a matchup with the San Francisco Giants.
- Among qualified pitchers this season, the 28-year-old’s 3.86 ERA ranks 48th, 1.134 WHIP ranks 34th, and 7.3 K/9 ranks 50th.
- The Brewers average just 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in the league.
- The Brewers have the ninth-best ERA (3.74) in the majors this season.
- The Brewers rank 11th in MLB with a combined 1.257 WHIP this season.
- The Brewers have allowed 46 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 18th in MLB.
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Melendez Stats and Trends
- In 60.0% of his games this season (21-of-35), Melendez has posted a hit. In six of those games (17.1%), he’s recorded multiple base knocks.
- In 11.4% of his games this season, he has homered (four of 35). He’s hit a round-tripper in 2.7% of his trips to the dish during the 2023 campaign.
- He has scored in 13 of 35 games this year, including multiple runs scored in four of them.
- Melendez has driven in at least one run nine times this season in 35 games played (25.7%), including five times plating multiple runs (14.3%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- In 82.9% of his contests this season (29 of 35), he has gone down on strikes at least once. In 14 of those games (40.0%), he registered more than one strikeout.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | GP | 13 |
| 12 (54.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 9 (69.2%) |
| 3 (13.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 3 (23.1%) |
| 9 (40.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (30.8%) |
| 3 (13.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (7.7%) |
| 5 (22.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (30.8%) |
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