On Friday, May 19 at 8:10 PM ET, MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will square off against starter Michael Kopech and the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field, airing on NSPCH.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -141 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -117 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -117 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +105 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago White Sox
- The White Sox will send Kopech (1-4) to the mound for his ninth start this season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed 4 2/3 innings while giving up two earned runs on one hit in a matchup with the Houston Astros.
- The 27-year-old has pitched in eight games this season with an ERA of 5.74, a 1.46 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.559.
- The White Sox have a 9.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fourth-best in baseball.
- White Sox pitchers have a combined ERA of 5.32 this year, which ranks 29th in MLB.
- The White Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.467 as a pitching staff, which is third-worst in baseball this season.
- With 67 homers allowed, the White Sox rank 29th in the league at preventing long balls.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the White Sox
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/11/2023 | Reynaldo López | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2023 | Joe Kelly | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2023 | Gregory Santos | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2023 | Mike Clevinger | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/10/2023 | Lance Lynn | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 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 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has picked up a hit in 60.0% of his 40 games this season, with more than one hit in 20.0% of those games (eight).
- In 10.0% of his games this season, he has gone yard (four of 40). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 2.4% of his trips to the dish during the 2023 campaign.
- In 40.0% of his 40 games this season, he has scored a run (16 times). Also, he’s notched four games with multiple runs in 2023 (10.0%).
- Melendez has tallied at least one RBI 11 times this year in 40 tries (27.5%), including plating more than one run in 12.5% of games (five times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on two occasions.
- He has fanned 33 times this year in 40 games played (82.5%), including 15 times striking out multiple times (37.5%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | GP | 18 |
| 12 (54.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 12 (66.7%) |
| 3 (13.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (27.8%) |
| 9 (40.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 7 (38.9%) |
| 3 (13.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (5.6%) |
| 5 (22.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 6 (33.3%) |
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