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)

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	Cutter (FC)	166		46	48	14	9	2	0	3	2	0	7	0	0	0	2	.304		81.2	100.9	88.6
2023	Cutter (FC)	154		37	41	12	6	4	2	0	3	0	7	1	0	0	0	.324		81.9	99.9	90.2
2024	Cutter (FC)	192		46	48	11	4	4	1	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	.239		82.7	99.7	89.8
2025	Cutter (FC)	25		5	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000		82.6	98.8	89.7
Total	Cutter (FC)	537		134	143	37	19	10	3	5	8	0	23	1	0	0	2	.276		81.2	100.9	89.6

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	Cutter (FC)	166		46	48	14	9	2	0	3	2	0	7	0	0	0	2	.304		81.2	100.9	88.6
2023	Cutter (FC)	154		37	41	12	6	4	2	0	3	0	7	1	0	0	0	.324		81.9	99.9	90.2
2024	Cutter (FC)	192		46	48	11	4	4	1	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	.239		82.7	99.7	89.8
2025	Cutter (FC)	25		5	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000		82.6	98.8	89.7
Total	Cutter (FC)	537		134	143	37	19	10	3	5	8	0	23	1	0	0	2	.276		81.2	100.9	89.6

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	Cutter (FC)	166		4.2%	14.6%	0.29	.304	.333	.543	.877	.239	.306	8.0	2.5	.376	159
2023	Cutter (FC)	154		7.3%	17.1%	0.43	.324	.390	.541	.931	.216	.400	7.6	2.6	.396	165
2024	Cutter (FC)	192		4.2%	12.5%	0.33	.239	.271	.500	.771	.261	.237	6.2	0.6	.325	123
2025	Cutter (FC)	25		16.7%	50.0%	0.33	.000	.167	.000	.167	.000	.000	-0.3	-0.9	.116	-22
Total	Cutter (FC)	537		5.6%	16.1%	0.35	.276	.322	.507	.829	.231	.302	21.6	4.8	.354	141

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	Cutter (FC)	166		4.2%	14.6%	0.29	.304	.333	.543	.877	.239	.306	8.0	2.5	.376	159
2023	Cutter (FC)	154		7.3%	17.1%	0.43	.324	.390	.541	.931	.216	.400	7.6	2.6	.396	165
2024	Cutter (FC)	192		4.2%	12.5%	0.33	.239	.271	.500	.771	.261	.237	6.2	0.6	.325	123
2025	Cutter (FC)	25		16.7%	50.0%	0.33	.000	.167	.000	.167	.000	.000	-0.3	-0.9	.116	-22
Total	Cutter (FC)	537		5.6%	16.1%	0.35	.276	.322	.507	.829	.231	.302	21.6	4.8	.354	141

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	Cutter (FC)	166		15.4%	51.3%	33.3%	15.4%	23.1%	109	57	166		0.8	4.5	5.2
2023	Cutter (FC)	154		34.5%	31.0%	34.5%	30.0%	0.0%	107	47	154		0.6	5.1	5.5
2024	Cutter (FC)	192		20.0%	32.5%	47.5%	31.6%	10.5%	132	60	192		0.3	4.7	5.0
2025	Cutter (FC)	25		0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	18	7	25		-0.4	5.9	6.2
Total	Cutter (FC)	537		21.8%	39.1%	39.1%	25.6%	11.6%	366	171	537		0.5	4.8	5.3

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	Cutter (FC)	166		15.4%	51.3%	33.3%	15.4%	23.1%	109	57	166		0.8	4.5	5.2
2023	Cutter (FC)	154		34.5%	31.0%	34.5%	30.0%	0.0%	107	47	154		0.6	5.1	5.5
2024	Cutter (FC)	192		20.0%	32.5%	47.5%	31.6%	10.5%	132	60	192		0.3	4.7	5.0
2025	Cutter (FC)	25		0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	18	7	25		-0.4	5.9	6.2
Total	Cutter (FC)	537		21.8%	39.1%	39.1%	25.6%	11.6%	366	171	537		0.5	4.8	5.3

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	Cutter (FC)	166		24.6%	72.2%	52.4%	70.6%	90.0%	86.2%	58.4%	7.2%		-3.0	-1.8
2023	Cutter (FC)	154		31.8%	78.4%	58.4%	52.4%	73.9%	68.9%	57.1%	18.2%		-2.0	-1.3
2024	Cutter (FC)	192		24.1%	80.7%	56.3%	45.0%	92.0%	83.3%	56.8%	9.4%		0.4	0.2
2025	Cutter (FC)	25		28.6%	72.7%	48.0%	50.0%	50.0%	50.0%	44.0%	24.0%		1.2	4.9
Total	Cutter (FC)	537		26.7%	77.0%	55.3%	54.8%	84.7%	78.5%	56.8%	11.9%		-3.3	-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	Cutter (FC)	166		24.6%	72.2%	52.4%	70.6%	90.0%	86.2%	58.4%	7.2%		-3.0	-1.8
2023	Cutter (FC)	154		31.8%	78.4%	58.4%	52.4%	73.9%	68.9%	57.1%	18.2%		-2.0	-1.3
2024	Cutter (FC)	192		24.1%	80.7%	56.3%	45.0%	92.0%	83.3%	56.8%	9.4%		0.4	0.2
2025	Cutter (FC)	25		28.6%	72.7%	48.0%	50.0%	50.0%	50.0%	44.0%	24.0%		1.2	4.9
Total	Cutter (FC)	537		26.7%	77.0%	55.3%	54.8%	84.7%	78.5%	56.8%	11.9%		-3.3	-0.6