MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals meet starter Eduardo Rodriguez and the Detroit Tigers at 8:10 PM ET on Wednesday, July 19 at Kauffman Stadium.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -141 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -116 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -116 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +102 |
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Stats and Trends for the Detroit Tigers
- The Tigers will send Rodriguez (5-5) to the mound for his 14th start this season.
- The left-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed five innings while giving up two earned runs on three hits in a matchup with the Seattle Mariners.
- The 30-year-old has pitched in 13 games this season with a 2.70 ERA, 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .212.
- The Tigers strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 19th in MLB.
- Tigers pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.47 this year, which ranks 20th in MLB.
- Tigers pitchers have a 1.250 WHIP this season, seventh-best in the majors.
- The Tigers have allowed 112 home runs this season, or 1.2 per game. That ranks 19th in MLB.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Tigers
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/18/2023 | Tarik Skubal | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/17/2023 | Matt Manning | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/20/2023 | Michael Lorenzen | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has collected a hit in 60.7% of his 89 games this season, with more than one hit in 14.6% of those contests (13).
- In 7.9% of his games this season, he has hit a home run (seven of 89). He’s left the yard in 1.9% of his trips to the plate during the 2023 campaign.
- He has scored at least a run in 32.6% of his contests this season (29 of 89), with two or more runs scored in seven of those games (7.9%).
- Melendez has driven in at least one run 20 times this year in 89 games played (22.5%), including 10 games with more than one RBI (11.2%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has gone down on strikes in 77.5% of his 89 games this season, while fanning more than once in 33.7% of those contests (30).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | GP | 42 |
| 30 (63.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 24 (57.1%) |
| 6 (12.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 7 (16.7%) |
| 17 (36.2%) | Games w/1+ Run | 12 (28.6%) |
| 6 (12.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 1 (2.4%) |
| 11 (23.4%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 9 (21.4%) |
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