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, 7 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	Fourseam (FA)	825		172	201	38	20	8	1	9	26	0	46	0	3	0	0	.221		64.9	102.4	93.4
2023	Fourseam (FA)	909		167	203	40	26	8	0	6	32	0	58	1	3	0	2	.240		59.8	102.8	94.1
2024	Fourseam (FA)	685		137	153	28	17	4	0	7	16	0	48	0	0	0	0	.204		64.4	103.1	94.3
2025	Fourseam (FA)	89		14	15	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	.143		88.8	99.8	93.3
Total	Fourseam (FA)	2508		490	572	108	63	21	1	23	75	0	157	1	6	0	2	.220		59.8	103.1	93.9

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	Fourseam (FA)	825		172	201	38	20	8	1	9	26	0	46	0	3	0	0	.221		64.9	102.4	93.4
2023	Fourseam (FA)	909		167	203	40	26	8	0	6	32	0	58	1	3	0	2	.240		59.8	102.8	94.1
2024	Fourseam (FA)	685		137	153	28	17	4	0	7	16	0	48	0	0	0	0	.204		64.4	103.1	94.3
2025	Fourseam (FA)	89		14	15	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	.143		88.8	99.8	93.3
Total	Fourseam (FA)	2508		490	572	108	63	21	1	23	75	0	157	1	6	0	2	.220		59.8	103.1	93.9

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	Fourseam (FA)	825		12.9%	22.9%	0.57	.221	.318	.436	.754	.215	.242	25.9	2.9	.328	125
2023	Fourseam (FA)	909		15.8%	28.6%	0.55	.240	.360	.395	.755	.156	.321	27.5	2.7	.335	123
2024	Fourseam (FA)	685		10.5%	31.4%	0.33	.204	.288	.387	.674	.182	.256	16.2	-1.7	.297	103
2025	Fourseam (FA)	89		6.7%	33.3%	0.20	.143	.200	.429	.629	.286	.125	1.2	-0.5	.270	85
Total	Fourseam (FA)	2508		13.1%	27.4%	0.48	.220	.322	.408	.730	.188	.269	70.8	3.4	.320	117

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	Fourseam (FA)	825		12.9%	22.9%	0.57	.221	.318	.436	.754	.215	.242	25.9	2.9	.328	125
2023	Fourseam (FA)	909		15.8%	28.6%	0.55	.240	.360	.395	.755	.156	.321	27.5	2.7	.335	123
2024	Fourseam (FA)	685		10.5%	31.4%	0.33	.204	.288	.387	.674	.182	.256	16.2	-1.7	.297	103
2025	Fourseam (FA)	89		6.7%	33.3%	0.20	.143	.200	.429	.629	.286	.125	1.2	-0.5	.270	85
Total	Fourseam (FA)	2508		13.1%	27.4%	0.48	.220	.322	.408	.730	.188	.269	70.8	3.4	.320	117

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	Fourseam (FA)	825		21.3%	29.9%	48.8%	22.6%	14.5%	520	305	825		-2.6	9.4	10.7
2023	Fourseam (FA)	909		27.3%	22.7%	50.0%	9.1%	10.9%	594	315	909		-2.8	8.8	10.4
2024	Fourseam (FA)	685		19.3%	40.9%	39.8%	17.1%	20.0%	450	235	685		-3.9	9.0	10.5
2025	Fourseam (FA)	89		11.1%	11.1%	77.8%	42.9%	14.3%	54	35	89		-2.7	9.4	11.2
Total	Fourseam (FA)	2508		22.5%	29.9%	47.6%	17.6%	14.5%	1618	890	2508		-3.0	9.1	10.5

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	Fourseam (FA)	825		21.3%	29.9%	48.8%	22.6%	14.5%	520	305	825		-2.6	9.4	10.7
2023	Fourseam (FA)	909		27.3%	22.7%	50.0%	9.1%	10.9%	594	315	909		-2.8	8.8	10.4
2024	Fourseam (FA)	685		19.3%	40.9%	39.8%	17.1%	20.0%	450	235	685		-3.9	9.0	10.5
2025	Fourseam (FA)	89		11.1%	11.1%	77.8%	42.9%	14.3%	54	35	89		-2.7	9.4	11.2
Total	Fourseam (FA)	2508		22.5%	29.9%	47.6%	17.6%	14.5%	1618	890	2508		-3.0	9.1	10.5

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	Fourseam (FA)	825		21.4%	63.3%	44.8%	65.4%	79.5%	76.5%	55.9%	10.5%		-1.5	-0.2
2023	Fourseam (FA)	909		24.1%	64.4%	46.8%	53.1%	72.0%	67.8%	56.2%	15.1%		3.5	0.4
2024	Fourseam (FA)	685		25.4%	76.7%	54.0%	61.0%	75.8%	72.7%	55.8%	14.7%		3.6	0.5
2025	Fourseam (FA)	89		26.5%	67.5%	44.9%	38.5%	74.1%	62.5%	44.9%	16.9%		0.6	0.7
Total	Fourseam (FA)	2508		23.7%	67.5%	48.0%	58.3%	75.6%	71.8%	55.6%	13.6%		6.2	0.2

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	Fourseam (FA)	825		21.4%	63.3%	44.8%	65.4%	79.5%	76.5%	55.9%	10.5%		-1.5	-0.2
2023	Fourseam (FA)	909		24.1%	64.4%	46.8%	53.1%	72.0%	67.8%	56.2%	15.1%		3.5	0.4
2024	Fourseam (FA)	685		25.4%	76.7%	54.0%	61.0%	75.8%	72.7%	55.8%	14.7%		3.6	0.5
2025	Fourseam (FA)	89		26.5%	67.5%	44.9%	38.5%	74.1%	62.5%	44.9%	16.9%		0.6	0.7
Total	Fourseam (FA)	2508		23.7%	67.5%	48.0%	58.3%	75.6%	71.8%	55.6%	13.6%		6.2	0.2