MJ Melendez’s Kansas City Royals and the San Diego Padres, who will be sending Yu Darvish to the hill, square off at PETCO Park on Wednesday, May 17. The first pitch will be thrown at 4:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +105 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -134 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -135 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | -112 |
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Stats and Trends for the San Diego Padres
- Darvish (2-2) will take to the mound for the Padres and make his eighth start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Thursday, when he tossed six innings while giving up two earned runs on four hits in a matchup with the Minnesota Twins.
- The 36-year-old has an ERA of 3.16, a 3.36 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.078 in seven games this season.
- The Padres strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 15th in MLB.
- Padres pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.97 this year, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- Padres pitchers have a 1.265 WHIP this season, 10th-best in the majors.
- With 49 homers allowed, the Padres rank 15th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/16/2023 | Seth Lugo | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 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
- Melendez has recorded a hit in 23 of 39 games this year (59.0%), with multiple hits in seven of those contests (17.9%).
- He has left the yard in four of 39 games in 2023 (10.3%), which is 2.5% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored a run in 15 of 39 games this year, including multiple runs scored in four of them.
- Melendez has notched at least one RBI 10 times this year in 39 games played (25.6%), including five times plating multiple runs (12.8%). He has also knocked in three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has been set down on strikes at least once in 82.1% of his games this year (32 of 39), striking out multiple times in 15 of those games (38.5%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | GP | 17 |
| 12 (54.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 11 (64.7%) |
| 3 (13.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (23.5%) |
| 9 (40.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 6 (35.3%) |
| 3 (13.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (5.9%) |
| 5 (22.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 5 (29.4%) |
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