At 9:40 PM ET on Friday, June 16, Francisco Mejia and the Tampa Bay Rays will suit up against the San Diego Padres and starting pitcher Yu Darvish at PETCO Park, airing on BSSD.
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Player Prop Odds for Mejia
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -140 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -102 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -134 |
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Stats and Trends for the San Diego Padres
- The Padres will hand the ball to Darvish (5-4) for his 13th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, June 10, when he tossed 5 1/3 innings while giving up four earned runs on five hits in a matchup with the Colorado Rockies.
- Among qualified pitchers this campaign, the 36-year-old’s 4.30 ERA ranks 43rd, 1.159 WHIP ranks 29th, and 9.7 K/9 ranks 20th.
- The Padres average the 16th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the league this season.
- Padres pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.78 this year, fifth-best in baseball.
- Padres pitchers have a 1.234 WHIP this season, sixth-best in the majors.
- With 73 homers allowed, the Padres rank 11th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Mejia Stats and Trends
- Mejia has picked up a hit in 54.8% of his 31 games this year, with multiple base hits in 19.4% of them (six).
- This season, he has hit a home run in two of the 31 games, going deep in 1.8% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored in 41.9% of his 31 games this season. That includes more than one run scored in 12.9% of those contests (four).
- Mejia has notched at least one RBI eight times so far this year in 31 games played (25.8%), including one game in which he drove in multiple runs.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times in 61.3% of his games this season (19 of 31), striking out multiple times in six of those contests (19.4%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | GP | 15 |
| 9 (56.3%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 8 (53.3%) |
| 2 (12.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 4 (26.7%) |
| 5 (31.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 8 (53.3%) |
| 1 (6.3%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (6.7%) |
| 4 (25.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 4 (26.7%) |
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