MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals meet starter Kenta Maeda and the Minnesota Twins at 2:10 PM ET on Sunday, July 30 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 | +103 |
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Stats and Trends for the Minnesota Twins
- Maeda (2-5) will take the mound for the Twins, his 11th start of the season.
- The right-hander gave up one earned run in 6 1/3 innings pitched on Monday in his last outing, a matchup with the Seattle Mariners.
- The 35-year-old has an ERA of 4.62, 10.7 strikeouts per nine innings and a batting average against of .247 in 10 games this season.
- The Twins strike out a league-high 9.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff.
- The Twins have the eighth-best ERA (3.88) in the majors this season.
- Twins pitchers have a 1.186 WHIP this season, lowest in the majors.
- The Twins have given up 120 home runs so far this season (the 14th-ranked total 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/29/2023 | Bailey Ober | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 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 |
Melendez Stats and Trends
- In 61 of 98 games this season (62.2%), Melendez has recorded a hit, and he collected two or more knocks in 15 of those contests (15.3%).
- In 8.2% of his games this season, he has homered (eight of 98). He’s gone deep in 2% of his trips to the plate during the 2023 campaign.
- In 32.7% of his 98 games this season, he has scored (32 times). Also, he’s notched seven games with multiple runs in 2023 (7.1%).
- In 22 of 98 games this year (22.4%), Melendez has tallied an RBI, and in 10 of those games (10.2%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- He has struck out in 75 of 98 games this season, including multiple Ks in 33 of them.
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | GP | 47 |
| 33 (64.7%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 28 (59.6%) |
| 6 (11.8%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (19.1%) |
| 17 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ Run | 15 (31.9%) |
| 6 (11.8%) | Games w/1+ HR | 2 (4.3%) |
| 12 (23.5%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 10 (21.3%) |
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