On Monday, May 15 at 9:40 PM ET, MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will take on starter Michael Wacha and the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park, airing on BSSD.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -141 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -119 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -118 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +104 |
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Stats and Trends for the San Diego Padres
- Wacha (3-1) will take to the mound for the Padres and make his eighth start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up one earned run in six innings pitched on Tuesday in his last outing, a matchup with the Minnesota Twins.
- The 31-year-old has an ERA of 4.82, 7.2 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .257 in seven games this season.
- The Padres have a 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in the majors.
- The Padres have pitched to a 4.04 this season, which ranks 14th in baseball.
- The Padres rank 14th in MLB with a combined 1.289 WHIP this season.
- With 49 homers allowed, the Padres rank 18th in the league at preventing long balls.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Padres
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/27/2022 | Yu Darvish | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/1 | 0 |
| 8/26/2022 | Joe Musgrove | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- In 60.5% of his 38 games this season, Melendez has notched a base hit (23 times). He’s also registered seven multi-hit games in 2023 (18.4%).
- He has homered in 10.5% of his games this season (38 contests), going yard in 2.5% of his trips to home plate.
- He has scored at least a run in 14 of 38 games this year (36.8%), which includes two or more runs scored in four of them (10.5%).
- In 26.3% of his contests this season (10 of 38), Melendez has notched at least one RBI. In five of those games (13.2%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in two games.
- He has gone down on strikes in 81.6% of his 38 games this season, while fanning more than once in 36.8% of those games (14).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | GP | 16 |
| 12 (54.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 11 (68.8%) |
| 3 (13.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (25.0%) |
| 9 (40.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 5 (31.3%) |
| 3 (13.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (6.3%) |
| 5 (22.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (31.3%) |
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