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• Royals' MJ Melendez: Sitting out Game 2 versus lefty

  10/07/2024 • By RotoWire

  Melendez is absent from the lineup Monday in Game 2 of the ALDS against the Yankees. It's southpaw Carlos Rodon on the hill for the Yankees, so the left-handed-hitting Melendez will begin the festivities on the bench. Tommy Pham will be in left field and batting seventh for the Royals, while Hunter Renfroe will handle right and hit eighth.

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• Royals' MJ Melendez: Out again versus lefty

  09/27/2024 • By RotoWire

  Melendez is absent from the lineup for Friday's game in Atlanta. The Royals are facing a left-hander -- Max Fried -- for the fifth game in a row, and the left-handed-hitting Melendez has been on the bench for four of them. Tommy Pham is in left field and batting leadoff.

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• Royals' MJ Melendez: Sitting versus lefty

  09/26/2024 • By RotoWire

  Melendez is absent from the lineup for Thursday's contest against the Nationals. It's left-hander Patrick Corbin on the bump for the Nationals, so the lefty-swinging Melendez will begin the game on the bench. Tommy Pham is playing left field and batting leadoff for the Royals.

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• Royals' MJ Melendez: Not in lineup against lefty

  09/24/2024 • By RotoWire

  Melendez is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game versus the Nationals. The left-handed hitting Melendez will yield to Tommy Pham in left field as southpaw Mitchell Parker toes the rubber for the Nationals. Melendez has been out of the lineup all four times the Royals have faced a lefty this month.

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• Royals' MJ Melendez: Sitting versus southpaw

  09/22/2024 • By RotoWire

  Melendez is not in the lineup for Sunday's contest against the Giants. With left-hander Blake Snell toeing the rubber for the Giants, the lefty-swinging Melendez will begin the festivities on the bench. Tommy Pham will occupy left field for the Royals.

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