MJ Melendez Preview, Player Props: Royals vs. Athletics
The Kansas City Royals, including MJ Melendez (.350 batting average in his past 10 games), take on starting pitcher Paul Blackburn and the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Monday at 9:40 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a one-hit showing (1-for-4) against the Cubs.
MJ Melendez Game Info & Props vs. the Athletics
- Game Day: Monday, August 21, 2023
- Game Time: 9:40 PM ET
- Stadium: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
- Athletics Starter: Paul Blackburn
- TV Channel: NBCS-CA
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -208)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +375)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +180)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +100)
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MJ Melendez At The Plate
- Melendez has 26 doubles, three triples, 12 home runs and 42 walks while batting .234.
- Melendez is batting .381 during his last outings and is riding a six-game hitting streak.
- Melendez has gotten a hit in 77 of 118 games this season (65.3%), including 20 multi-hit games (16.9%).
- He has homered in 9.3% of his games this season, and 2.5% of his trips to the dish.
- In 24.6% of his games this season, Melendez has notched at least one RBI. In 12 of those games (10.2%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- He has scored in 34.7% of his games this season (41 of 118), with two or more runs nine times (7.6%).
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Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Athletics pitching staff ranks 24th in the league.
- The Athletics have the last-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (5.80).
- The Athletics allow the fifth-most home runs in baseball (169 total, 1.4 per game).
- Blackburn gets the start for the Athletics, his 14th of the season. He is 3-3 with a 4.09 ERA and 74 strikeouts in 72 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his last time out on Wednesday, the right-hander threw seven scoreless innings against the St. Louis Cardinals while surrendering six hits.
- In 14 games this season, the 29-year-old has amassed a 4.09 ERA and 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .289 to opposing hitters.
