MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals face off against starter Zach Eflin and the Tampa Bay Rays at 6:40 PM ET on Friday, June 23 at Tropicana Field.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -143 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -119 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -117 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +101 |
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Stats and Trends for the Tampa Bay Rays
- The Rays will hand the ball to Eflin (8-3) for his 14th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed six innings while giving up two earned runs on four hits in a matchup with the San Diego Padres.
- The 29-year-old has pitched in 13 games this season with a 3.26 ERA, 9 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .219.
- The Rays strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 14th in MLB.
- Rays pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.57 this year, second-best in baseball.
- The Rays have a combined WHIP of just 1.199 as a pitching staff, which is the third-best in baseball this season.
- The Rays have given up the fifth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 76 home runs allowed.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Rays
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/22/2023 | Shane McClanahan | 3-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0/1 | 2 |
| 8/21/2022 | Ryan Yarbrough | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/20/2022 | Drew Rasmussen | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 8/19/2022 | Shane McClanahan | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 8/18/2022 | Luis Patiño | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/24/2022 | Jeffrey Springs | 1-for-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/23/2022 | Luis Patiño | 2-for-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/22/2022 | Drew Rasmussen | 2-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has collected a base hit 41 times this season in 69 games played (59.4%), including multiple knocks on 12 occasions (17.4%).
- He has hit a long ball in 8.7% of his games this season (69 contests), going yard in 2.1% of his trips to home plate.
- In 25 of 69 contests this season (36.2%), he has scored, and six of those games (8.7%) included a performance that produced two or more runs scored.
- In 19 of 69 games this year (27.5%), Melendez has picked up an RBI, and in nine of those games (13.0%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has struck out one or more times in 55 of 69 games this season (79.7%), while fanning multiple times in 24 of those contests (34.8%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | GP | 32 |
| 22 (59.5%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 19 (59.4%) |
| 5 (13.5%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 7 (21.9%) |
| 14 (37.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 11 (34.4%) |
| 5 (13.5%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (3.1%) |
| 10 (27.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 9 (28.1%) |
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