MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

Kansas City Royals (AAA)

OF

Age: 26

Bats/Throws: L/R

6'1" / 190

DOB: 11/29/1998

(26 years, 6 months, 8 days)

OF

Pitch Type Splits

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	AB	PA	H H - Hits Allowed	1B	2B L - Losses	3B ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	SO SO - Strikeouts	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	SF	SH	GDP	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	divider	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2022	Changeup (CH)	337		80	90	14	7	6	0	1	8	0	19	1	1	0	1	.175		73.6	92.3	85.6
2023	Changeup (CH)	262		65	72	17	11	5	0	1	7	0	20	0	0	0	1	.262		71.0	93.8	85.6
2024	Changeup (CH)	229		62	67	14	4	7	1	2	5	0	6	0	0	0	2	.226		78.5	92.9	85.9
2025	Changeup (CH)	24		7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000		83.0	91.8	86.2
Total	Changeup (CH)	852		214	236	45	22	18	1	4	20	0	46	1	1	0	4	.210		71.0	93.8	85.7

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	AB	PA	H H - Hits Allowed	1B	2B L - Losses	3B ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	SO SO - Strikeouts	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	SF	SH	GDP	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	divider	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2022	Changeup (CH)	337		80	90	14	7	6	0	1	8	0	19	1	1	0	1	.175		73.6	92.3	85.6
2023	Changeup (CH)	262		65	72	17	11	5	0	1	7	0	20	0	0	0	1	.262		71.0	93.8	85.6
2024	Changeup (CH)	229		62	67	14	4	7	1	2	5	0	6	0	0	0	2	.226		78.5	92.9	85.9
2025	Changeup (CH)	24		7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000		83.0	91.8	86.2
Total	Changeup (CH)	852		214	236	45	22	18	1	4	20	0	46	1	1	0	4	.210		71.0	93.8	85.7

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB/K	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2022	Changeup (CH)	337		8.9%	21.1%	0.42	.175	.256	.288	.543	.113	.213	5.7	-4.6	.245	67
2023	Changeup (CH)	262		9.7%	27.8%	0.35	.262	.333	.385	.718	.123	.364	8.7	-0.1	.317	112
2024	Changeup (CH)	229		7.5%	9.0%	0.83	.226	.284	.468	.751	.242	.222	8.4	0.5	.320	119
2025	Changeup (CH)	24		0.0%	14.3%	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.9	-1.7	.000	-100
Total	Changeup (CH)	852		8.5%	19.5%	0.43	.210	.280	.360	.639	.150	.248	21.7	-6.0	.281	91

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB/K	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2022	Changeup (CH)	337		8.9%	21.1%	0.42	.175	.256	.288	.543	.113	.213	5.7	-4.6	.245	67
2023	Changeup (CH)	262		9.7%	27.8%	0.35	.262	.333	.385	.718	.123	.364	8.7	-0.1	.317	112
2024	Changeup (CH)	229		7.5%	9.0%	0.83	.226	.284	.468	.751	.242	.222	8.4	0.5	.320	119
2025	Changeup (CH)	24		0.0%	14.3%	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.9	-1.7	.000	-100
Total	Changeup (CH)	852		8.5%	19.5%	0.43	.210	.280	.360	.639	.150	.248	21.7	-6.0	.281	91

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	xMov	zMov	Mov
2022	Changeup (CH)	337		21.0%	46.8%	32.3%	20.0%	5.0%	202	135	337		-6.7	4.0	9.6
2023	Changeup (CH)	262		27.3%	38.6%	34.1%	13.3%	6.7%	160	102	262		-7.3	3.7	9.5
2024	Changeup (CH)	229		18.2%	56.4%	25.5%	7.1%	14.3%	139	90	229		-8.5	3.2	9.4
2025	Changeup (CH)	24		0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	33.3%	0.0%	12	12	24		-9.3	2.6	10.0
Total	Changeup (CH)	852		21.0%	47.9%	31.1%	15.4%	7.7%	513	339	852		-7.4	3.7	9.5

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	xMov	zMov	Mov
2022	Changeup (CH)	337		21.0%	46.8%	32.3%	20.0%	5.0%	202	135	337		-6.7	4.0	9.6
2023	Changeup (CH)	262		27.3%	38.6%	34.1%	13.3%	6.7%	160	102	262		-7.3	3.7	9.5
2024	Changeup (CH)	229		18.2%	56.4%	25.5%	7.1%	14.3%	139	90	229		-8.5	3.2	9.4
2025	Changeup (CH)	24		0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	33.3%	0.0%	12	12	24		-9.3	2.6	10.0
Total	Changeup (CH)	852		21.0%	47.9%	31.1%	15.4%	7.7%	513	339	852		-7.4	3.7	9.5

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	O-Swing% O-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at outside the strike zone	Z-Swing% Z-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at inside the strike zone.	Swing% Swing% - Total percentage of pitches a batter swings at	O-Contact% O-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown outside the strike zone	Z-Contact% Z-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown inside the strike zone	Contact% Contact% - Total percentage of contact made when swinging at all pitches	Zone% Zone% - Percentage of pitches seen inside the strike zone	SwStr% SwStr% - Percentage of Strikes that were swung at and missed	divider	pVAL	pVAL/C
2022	Changeup (CH)	337		30.1%	70.9%	47.2%	59.3%	83.0%	74.2%	41.8%	12.2%		3.1	0.9
2023	Changeup (CH)	262		27.0%	78.2%	48.5%	43.9%	81.4%	69.3%	42.0%	14.9%		-1.4	-0.5
2024	Changeup (CH)	229		35.9%	83.9%	54.1%	66.7%	87.7%	79.0%	38.0%	11.4%		-2.1	-0.9
2025	Changeup (CH)	24		29.4%	71.4%	41.7%	80.0%	80.0%	80.0%	29.2%	8.3%		1.2	5.2
Total	Changeup (CH)	852		30.8%	76.5%	49.3%	58.3%	83.7%	74.3%	40.5%	12.7%		0.8	0.1

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	O-Swing% O-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at outside the strike zone	Z-Swing% Z-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at inside the strike zone.	Swing% Swing% - Total percentage of pitches a batter swings at	O-Contact% O-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown outside the strike zone	Z-Contact% Z-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown inside the strike zone	Contact% Contact% - Total percentage of contact made when swinging at all pitches	Zone% Zone% - Percentage of pitches seen inside the strike zone	SwStr% SwStr% - Percentage of Strikes that were swung at and missed	divider	pVAL	pVAL/C
2022	Changeup (CH)	337		30.1%	70.9%	47.2%	59.3%	83.0%	74.2%	41.8%	12.2%		3.1	0.9
2023	Changeup (CH)	262		27.0%	78.2%	48.5%	43.9%	81.4%	69.3%	42.0%	14.9%		-1.4	-0.5
2024	Changeup (CH)	229		35.9%	83.9%	54.1%	66.7%	87.7%	79.0%	38.0%	11.4%		-2.1	-0.9
2025	Changeup (CH)	24		29.4%	71.4%	41.7%	80.0%	80.0%	80.0%	29.2%	8.3%		1.2	5.2
Total	Changeup (CH)	852		30.8%	76.5%	49.3%	58.3%	83.7%	74.3%	40.5%	12.7%		0.8	0.1