Royals vs. Mariners Player Props Today: MJ Melendez - August 17
MJ Melendez and the Kansas City Royals will play George Kirby and the Seattle Mariners on Thursday at 2:10 PM ET on MLB Network. Melendez had three hits in his last game, going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
Melendez is hitting .232 with 23 doubles, three triples, 12 home runs and 42 walks.
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MJ Melendez Prop Lines and Game Time
- Matchup: Kansas City Royals vs. Seattle Mariners
- Time: 2:10 PM ET
- Date: Thursday, August 17, 2023
- TV Channel: MLB Network
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- Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -200)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +400)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +165)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +125)
- Total Bases Prop: 1.5 total bases (Over odds: +125)
- Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +900)
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MJ Melendez Prop Bet Insights
- Melendez has a hit in 73 of 114 games this season, with multiple hits in 19 of them.
- In 11 of 114 games this season, he has hit a long ball (9.6%). He’s taken the pitcher deep in 2.6% of his trips to the plate in 2023.
- In 36.0% of his games this year (41 of 114), Melendez has touched home plate at least one time, and in nine of those games (7.9%) he recorded two or more runs scored.
- He has tallied at least one RBI 28 times this season in 114 tries (24.6%), including plating multiple runs in 10.5% of games (12 times) and producing three or more of his team’s runs on two occasions..
- Melendez has gone down on strikes in 86 of 114 games this year, with multiple strikeouts in 37 of them.
MJ Melendez Stats Against the Mariners
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/16/2023 | Luis Castillo | 3-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/15/2023 | Emerson Hancock | 3-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/14/2023 | Logan Gilbert | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/0 | 0 |
| 9/25/2022 | Luis Castillo | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2/2 | 0 |
| 9/24/2022 | Logan Gilbert | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/23/2022 | Marco Gonzales | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
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Mariners Starter: George Kirby
- The Mariners will call on Kirby (10-8) to make his 24th start of the season. He is 10-8 with a 3.11 ERA and 131 Ks in 144 2/3 innings pitched.
- The right-hander last pitched on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, when he lasted nine scoreless innings while giving up three hits.
- Among pitcher who qualify, the 25-year-old currently ranks fifth in ERA (3.11), first in WHIP (1.002), and 41st in K/9 rate (8.1) this year.
- In this game, Kirby will try to claim his third quality start in a row.
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