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, 9 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	Slider (SL)	312		61	72	12	6	3	0	3	9	0	26	0	2	0	1	.197		65.0	94.7	84.6
2023	Slider (SL)	478		119	125	22	12	6	0	4	5	0	44	0	1	0	0	.185		73.8	94.0	84.2
2024	Slider (SL)	298		69	77	15	9	3	0	3	6	0	30	2	0	0	1	.217		75.4	93.6	84.5
2025	Slider (SL)	27		7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.000		76.3	90.5	83.7
Total	Slider (SL)	1115		256	281	49	27	12	0	10	20	0	104	2	3	0	2	.191		65.0	94.7	84.4

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	Slider (SL)	312		61	72	12	6	3	0	3	9	0	26	0	2	0	1	.197		65.0	94.7	84.6
2023	Slider (SL)	478		119	125	22	12	6	0	4	5	0	44	0	1	0	0	.185		73.8	94.0	84.2
2024	Slider (SL)	298		69	77	15	9	3	0	3	6	0	30	2	0	0	1	.217		75.4	93.6	84.5
2025	Slider (SL)	27		7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	.000		76.3	90.5	83.7
Total	Slider (SL)	1115		256	281	49	27	12	0	10	20	0	104	2	3	0	2	.191		65.0	94.7	84.4

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	Slider (SL)	312		12.5%	36.1%	0.35	.197	.292	.393	.685	.197	.265	7.6	-0.6	.299	104
2023	Slider (SL)	478		4.0%	35.2%	0.11	.185	.216	.336	.552	.151	.250	6.7	-8.5	.236	59
2024	Slider (SL)	298		7.8%	39.0%	0.20	.217	.299	.391	.690	.174	.333	8.6	-0.4	.304	108
2025	Slider (SL)	27		0.0%	57.1%	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.9	-1.7	.000	-100
Total	Slider (SL)	1115		7.1%	37.0%	0.19	.191	.253	.355	.608	.164	.269	22.1	-11.1	.265	80

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	Slider (SL)	312		12.5%	36.1%	0.35	.197	.292	.393	.685	.197	.265	7.6	-0.6	.299	104
2023	Slider (SL)	478		4.0%	35.2%	0.11	.185	.216	.336	.552	.151	.250	6.7	-8.5	.236	59
2024	Slider (SL)	298		7.8%	39.0%	0.20	.217	.299	.391	.690	.174	.333	8.6	-0.4	.304	108
2025	Slider (SL)	27		0.0%	57.1%	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.9	-1.7	.000	-100
Total	Slider (SL)	1115		7.1%	37.0%	0.19	.191	.253	.355	.608	.164	.269	22.1	-11.1	.265	80

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	Slider (SL)	312		19.4%	27.8%	52.8%	15.8%	15.8%	187	125	312		1.3	1.3	4.9
2023	Slider (SL)	478		22.4%	32.9%	44.7%	8.8%	11.8%	309	169	478		1.0	0.7	4.7
2024	Slider (SL)	298		25.6%	25.6%	48.7%	36.8%	15.8%	194	104	298		2.2	0.7	5.0
2025	Slider (SL)	27		0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	50.0%	0.0%	21	6	27		0.4	1.6	4.8
Total	Slider (SL)	1115		22.1%	29.9%	48.1%	18.9%	13.5%	711	404	1115		1.4	0.9	4.8

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	Slider (SL)	312		19.4%	27.8%	52.8%	15.8%	15.8%	187	125	312		1.3	1.3	4.9
2023	Slider (SL)	478		22.4%	32.9%	44.7%	8.8%	11.8%	309	169	478		1.0	0.7	4.7
2024	Slider (SL)	298		25.6%	25.6%	48.7%	36.8%	15.8%	194	104	298		2.2	0.7	5.0
2025	Slider (SL)	27		0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	50.0%	0.0%	21	6	27		0.4	1.6	4.8
Total	Slider (SL)	1115		22.1%	29.9%	48.1%	18.9%	13.5%	711	404	1115		1.4	0.9	4.8

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	Slider (SL)	312		32.4%	70.6%	49.0%	45.6%	77.1%	65.4%	43.6%	17.0%		-1.7	-0.5
2023	Slider (SL)	478		32.2%	72.5%	51.9%	40.5%	78.1%	66.1%	48.7%	17.6%		6.1	1.3
2024	Slider (SL)	298		35.8%	68.0%	51.7%	38.9%	80.0%	65.6%	49.3%	17.8%		0.3	0.1
2025	Slider (SL)	27		57.1%	50.0%	51.9%	0.0%	90.0%	64.3%	74.1%	18.5%		1.9	7.2
Total	Slider (SL)	1115		33.5%	70.0%	51.0%	40.7%	78.7%	65.7%	48.1%	17.5%		6.7	0.6

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	Slider (SL)	312		32.4%	70.6%	49.0%	45.6%	77.1%	65.4%	43.6%	17.0%		-1.7	-0.5
2023	Slider (SL)	478		32.2%	72.5%	51.9%	40.5%	78.1%	66.1%	48.7%	17.6%		6.1	1.3
2024	Slider (SL)	298		35.8%	68.0%	51.7%	38.9%	80.0%	65.6%	49.3%	17.8%		0.3	0.1
2025	Slider (SL)	27		57.1%	50.0%	51.9%	0.0%	90.0%	64.3%	74.1%	18.5%		1.9	7.2
Total	Slider (SL)	1115		33.5%	70.0%	51.0%	40.7%	78.7%	65.7%	48.1%	17.5%		6.7	0.6