MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals take on starter Bailey Ober and the Minnesota Twins at 7:10 PM ET on Saturday, July 29 at Kauffman Stadium.
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Player Prop Odds for Melendez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -141 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -115 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -115 |
| Strikeouts | 1.5 | +103 |
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Stats and Trends for the Minnesota Twins
- Ober (6-4) will take to the mound for the Twins and make his 17th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Sunday, when he tossed six innings while giving up two earned runs on five hits in a matchup with the Chicago White Sox.
- The 28-year-old has pitched in 16 games this season with an ERA of 2.76, a 5 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of .972.
- The Twins average 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, first-most in the league.
- The Twins have the fourth-best ERA (3.82) in the majors this season.
- The Twins have a combined 1.174 WHIP as a pitching staff, first-lowest in MLB.
- The Twins have allowed 118 home runs this season, or 1.1 per game. That ranks 14th in MLB play.
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MJ Melendez Stats vs. the Twins
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/28/2023 | Sonny Gray | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/5/2023 | Pablo Lopez | 1-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 7/4/2023 | Kenta Maeda | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/3/2023 | Joe Ryan | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 4/30/2023 | Sonny Gray | 1-for-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/29/2023 | Bailey Ober | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/28/2023 | Pablo Lopez | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 4/27/2023 | Tyler Mahle | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/2/2023 | Joe Ryan | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/1 | 0 |
| 4/1/2023 | Sonny Gray | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- Melendez has a hit in 61.9% of his games this season (60 of 97), and he posted multiple hits in 15 of those contests (15.5%).
- He has homered in 8.2% of his games this season (97 contests), going yard in 2% of his trips to the plate.
- He has scored at least one run 32 times this year in 97 contests (33.0%), including scoring multiple runs in 7.2% of games (seven times).
- In 22 of 97 games this year (22.7%), Melendez has picked up an RBI, and in 10 of those games (10.3%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has gone down on strikes one or more times 74 times this year in 97 games (76.3%), including 32 games with more than one strikeout (33.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | GP | 47 |
| 32 (64.0%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 28 (59.6%) |
| 6 (12.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (19.1%) |
| 17 (34.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 15 (31.9%) |
| 6 (12.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (4.3%) |
| 12 (24.0%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 10 (21.3%) |
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