MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

Kansas City Royals (AAA)

OF

Age: 26

Bats/Throws: L/R

6'1" / 190

DOB: 11/29/1998

(26 years, 5 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	Curveball (CU)	234		35	41	5	3	1	1	0	5	0	13	0	1	0	0	.143		68.3	86.7	78.1
2023	Curveball (CU)	212		41	44	4	1	1	0	2	3	0	14	0	0	0	0	.098		70.8	88.1	79.4
2024	Curveball (CU)	165		26	29	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	10	1	0	0	0	.115		70.9	88.0	79.7
2025	Curveball (CU)	17		5	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000		73.6	83.3	77.4
Total	Curveball (CU)	628		107	120	12	6	3	1	2	11	0	40	1	1	0	0	.112		68.3	88.1	78.9

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	Curveball (CU)	234		35	41	5	3	1	1	0	5	0	13	0	1	0	0	.143		68.3	86.7	78.1
2023	Curveball (CU)	212		41	44	4	1	1	0	2	3	0	14	0	0	0	0	.098		70.8	88.1	79.4
2024	Curveball (CU)	165		26	29	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	10	1	0	0	0	.115		70.9	88.0	79.7
2025	Curveball (CU)	17		5	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000		73.6	83.3	77.4
Total	Curveball (CU)	628		107	120	12	6	3	1	2	11	0	40	1	1	0	0	.112		68.3	88.1	78.9

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	Curveball (CU)	234		12.2%	31.7%	0.38	.143	.244	.229	.472	.086	.217	1.7	-3.0	.218	49
2023	Curveball (CU)	212		6.8%	31.8%	0.21	.098	.159	.268	.427	.171	.080	0.6	-4.8	.187	26
2024	Curveball (CU)	165		6.9%	34.5%	0.20	.115	.207	.154	.361	.038	.188	0.3	-3.1	.176	20
2025	Curveball (CU)	17		16.7%	50.0%	0.33	.000	.167	.000	.167	.000	.000	-0.2	-0.9	.116	-22
Total	Curveball (CU)	628		9.2%	33.3%	0.28	.112	.200	.215	.415	.103	.152	2.3	-11.8	.192	30

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	Curveball (CU)	234		12.2%	31.7%	0.38	.143	.244	.229	.472	.086	.217	1.7	-3.0	.218	49
2023	Curveball (CU)	212		6.8%	31.8%	0.21	.098	.159	.268	.427	.171	.080	0.6	-4.8	.187	26
2024	Curveball (CU)	165		6.9%	34.5%	0.20	.115	.207	.154	.361	.038	.188	0.3	-3.1	.176	20
2025	Curveball (CU)	17		16.7%	50.0%	0.33	.000	.167	.000	.167	.000	.000	-0.2	-0.9	.116	-22
Total	Curveball (CU)	628		9.2%	33.3%	0.28	.112	.200	.215	.415	.103	.152	2.3	-11.8	.192	30

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	Curveball (CU)	234		18.2%	31.8%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	120	114	234		2.4	-5.2	7.7
2023	Curveball (CU)	212		11.1%	55.6%	33.3%	33.3%	22.2%	116	96	212		3.6	-5.8	8.1
2024	Curveball (CU)	165		18.8%	25.0%	56.3%	22.2%	0.0%	93	72	165		4.8	-5.2	8.4
2025	Curveball (CU)	17		50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	11	6	17		2.8	-7.5	9.1
Total	Curveball (CU)	628		16.4%	40.3%	43.3%	17.2%	6.9%	340	288	628		3.5	-5.5	8.0

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	Curveball (CU)	234		18.2%	31.8%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	120	114	234		2.4	-5.2	7.7
2023	Curveball (CU)	212		11.1%	55.6%	33.3%	33.3%	22.2%	116	96	212		3.6	-5.8	8.1
2024	Curveball (CU)	165		18.8%	25.0%	56.3%	22.2%	0.0%	93	72	165		4.8	-5.2	8.4
2025	Curveball (CU)	17		50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	11	6	17		2.8	-7.5	9.1
Total	Curveball (CU)	628		16.4%	40.3%	43.3%	17.2%	6.9%	340	288	628		3.5	-5.5	8.0

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	Curveball (CU)	234		15.0%	48.5%	29.5%	30.0%	83.7%	68.1%	43.2%	9.4%		0.3	0.1
2023	Curveball (CU)	212		29.4%	53.9%	38.2%	50.0%	90.2%	70.4%	35.8%	11.3%		2.0	1.0
2024	Curveball (CU)	165		29.1%	58.1%	40.0%	43.3%	77.8%	62.1%	37.6%	15.2%		1.6	1.0
2025	Curveball (CU)	17		41.7%	60.0%	47.1%	40.0%	100.0%	62.5%	29.4%	17.6%		1.2	6.8
Total	Curveball (CU)	628		24.7%	52.9%	35.7%	43.2%	84.5%	67.0%	38.9%	11.8%		5.1	0.8

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	Curveball (CU)	234		15.0%	48.5%	29.5%	30.0%	83.7%	68.1%	43.2%	9.4%		0.3	0.1
2023	Curveball (CU)	212		29.4%	53.9%	38.2%	50.0%	90.2%	70.4%	35.8%	11.3%		2.0	1.0
2024	Curveball (CU)	165		29.1%	58.1%	40.0%	43.3%	77.8%	62.1%	37.6%	15.2%		1.6	1.0
2025	Curveball (CU)	17		41.7%	60.0%	47.1%	40.0%	100.0%	62.5%	29.4%	17.6%		1.2	6.8
Total	Curveball (CU)	628		24.7%	52.9%	35.7%	43.2%	84.5%	67.0%	38.9%	11.8%		5.1	0.8