Royals vs. Tigers Player Props Today: MJ Melendez - July 19
MJ Melendez is trying to improve on a one-hit showing in his previous game (1-for-4). His Kansas City Royals face Eduardo Rodriguez and the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday at 8:10 PM ET on BSKC.
Melendez has 18 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 36 walks while hitting .212. Melendez takes a five-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .316 with a double, a home run, a walk and two RBI.
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MJ Melendez Prop Lines and Game Time
- Matchup: Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers
- Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2023
- TV Channel: BSKC
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- Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +575)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +200)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +155)
- Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -175)
- Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +1250)
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MJ Melendez Prop Bet Insights
- In 60.7% of his 89 games this season, Melendez has recorded a base hit (54 times). He’s also put up 13 multi-hit games in 2023 (14.6%).
- In seven of 89 games this season, he has homered (7.9%). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 1.9% of his trips to the dish in 2023.
- In 32.6% of his games this year (29 of 89), Melendez has scored at least a run, and in seven of those games (7.9%) he recorded two or more runs scored.
- He has picked up an RBI in 20 of 89 games this year, with multiple RBI in 10 of them. He has also plated three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
- In 69 of 89 games this year (77.5%), Melendez has gone down on strikes, and 30 of those games (33.7%) included a performance that resulted in two or more strikeouts.
MJ Melendez Stats Against 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 | Will Vest | 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 |
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Tigers Starter: Eduardo Rodríguez
- The Tigers will call on Rodriguez (5-5) to make his 14th start of the season. He is 5-5 with a 2.70 ERA and 81 Ks in 76 2/3 innings pitched.
- When he last got the call on Saturday, the left-hander tossed five innings against the Seattle Mariners, giving up two earned runs while surrendering three hits.
- The 30-year-old has put up an ERA of 2.70, with 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings, in 13 games this season. Opponents are batting .211 against him.
- Rodríguez heads into this game after racking up six quality starts.
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