MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will hit the field at Comerica Park on Tuesday, June 20, where they will match up with the Detroit Tigers and starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen. The matchup will start at 6:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -118 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -117 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +102 |
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Stats and Trends for the Detroit Tigers
- The Tigers’ Lorenzen (2-4) will make his 12th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last appearance was on Wednesday, when he threw six innings against the Atlanta Braves, giving up six earned runs while allowing nine hits.
- The 31-year-old has an ERA of 4.23, a 3.13 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.091 in 11 games this season.
- The Tigers strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 25th in MLB.
- The Tigers have pitched to a 4.50 this season, which ranks 21st in baseball.
- The Tigers have a combined 1.246 WHIP as a pitching staff, seventh-lowest in MLB.
- The Tigers have allowed 87 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 20th in MLB.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Tigers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/19/2023 | Reese Olson | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/1 | 0 |
| 5/24/2023 | Matthew Boyd | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/23/2023 | Eduardo Rodríguez | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 5/22/2023 | Michael Lorenzen | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/29/2022 | Eduardo Rodríguez | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/28/2022 | – | 1-for-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 0 |
| 9/27/2022 | Joey Wentz | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 9/11/2022 | Tyler Alexander | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/10/2022 | Matt Manning | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/9/2022 | Joey Wentz | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has a hit in 59.7% of his games this year (40 of 67), and he posted multiple base hits in 11 of them (16.4%).
- He has hit a long ball in six games this season, leaving the ballpark in 2.2% of his trips to home plate.
- In 35.8% of his 67 games this season, he has scored a run (24 times). Also, he’s put up six games with multiple runs in 2023 (9.0%).
- In 18 of 67 games this season (26.9%), Melendez has driven in a run, and in eight of those games (11.9%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has fanned 54 times this season in 67 tries (80.6%), including punching out on multiple occasions in 34.3% of games (23 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | GP | 30 |
| 22 (59.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 18 (60.0%) |
| 5 (13.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 6 (20.0%) |
| 14 (37.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 10 (33.3%) |
| 5 (13.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (3.3%) |
| 10 (27.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 8 (26.7%) |
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