MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals meet starter Lucas Giolito and the Chicago White Sox at 2:10 PM ET on Saturday, May 20 at Guaranteed Rate Field.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -140 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -116 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -115 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +107 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago White Sox
- Giolito (2-3) will take to the mound for the White Sox and make his 10th start of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Sunday, when he gave up four earned runs and allowed seven hits in six innings against the Houston Astros.
- Among qualified pitchers in the majors this year, the 28-year-old ranks 39th in ERA (3.86), 27th in WHIP (1.118), and 27th in K/9 (9.4).
- 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 5.20 this year, which ranks 29th in MLB.
- White Sox pitchers have a 1.437 WHIP this season, 25th in the majors.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/19/2023 | Michael Kopech | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2023 | Mike Clevinger | 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 | Reynaldo López | 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 |
| 5/10/2023 | 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 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has picked up a hit in 24 out of 41 games this year (58.5%), with multiple base knocks in eight of those contests (19.5%).
- He has hit a long ball in four games this season, going deep in 2.4% of his trips to home plate.
- He has scored at least a run 16 times this season in 41 games played (39.0%), including four games with more than one run (9.8%).
- In 26.8% of his contests this season (11 of 41), Melendez has tallied at least one RBI. In five of those games (12.2%) 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 34 of 41 games this year, including multiple Ks in 15 of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | GP | 19 |
| 12 (54.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 12 (63.2%) |
| 3 (13.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 5 (26.3%) |
| 9 (40.9%) | Games w/1+ Run | 7 (36.8%) |
| 3 (13.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (5.3%) |
| 5 (22.7%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 6 (31.6%) |
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