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	Sinker (SI)	236		52	66	14	11	1	1	1	14	0	11	0	0	0	0	.269		83.2	99.4	92.6
2023	Sinker (SI)	258		62	69	20	12	3	2	3	7	0	12	0	0	0	2	.323		86.8	100.4	93.5
2024	Sinker (SI)	168		43	45	7	5	0	0	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	.163		86.4	98.8	93.2
2025	Sinker (SI)	18		3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.333		89.9	96.9	93.3
Total	Sinker (SI)	680		160	185	42	29	4	3	6	23	0	28	2	0	0	2	.263		83.2	100.4	93.1

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	Sinker (SI)	236		52	66	14	11	1	1	1	14	0	11	0	0	0	0	.269		83.2	99.4	92.6
2023	Sinker (SI)	258		62	69	20	12	3	2	3	7	0	12	0	0	0	2	.323		86.8	100.4	93.5
2024	Sinker (SI)	168		43	45	7	5	0	0	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	.163		86.4	98.8	93.2
2025	Sinker (SI)	18		3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.333		89.9	96.9	93.3
Total	Sinker (SI)	680		160	185	42	29	4	3	6	23	0	28	2	0	0	2	.263		83.2	100.4	93.1

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	Sinker (SI)	236		21.2%	16.7%	1.27	.269	.424	.385	.809	.115	.325	10.6	3.1	.368	151
2023	Sinker (SI)	258		10.1%	17.4%	0.58	.323	.391	.581	.972	.258	.362	13.7	5.3	.411	175
2024	Sinker (SI)	168		4.4%	11.1%	0.40	.163	.200	.302	.502	.140	.139	2.0	-3.3	.220	50
2025	Sinker (SI)	18		0.0%	0.0%	0.00	.333	.600	.333	.933	.000	.333	1.2	0.6	.469	217
Total	Sinker (SI)	680		12.4%	15.1%	0.82	.263	.362	.438	.800	.175	.286	27.4	5.6	.351	137

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	Sinker (SI)	236		21.2%	16.7%	1.27	.269	.424	.385	.809	.115	.325	10.6	3.1	.368	151
2023	Sinker (SI)	258		10.1%	17.4%	0.58	.323	.391	.581	.972	.258	.362	13.7	5.3	.411	175
2024	Sinker (SI)	168		4.4%	11.1%	0.40	.163	.200	.302	.502	.140	.139	2.0	-3.3	.220	50
2025	Sinker (SI)	18		0.0%	0.0%	0.00	.333	.600	.333	.933	.000	.333	1.2	0.6	.469	217
Total	Sinker (SI)	680		12.4%	15.1%	0.82	.263	.362	.438	.800	.175	.286	27.4	5.6	.351	137

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	Sinker (SI)	236		26.8%	56.1%	17.1%	0.0%	14.3%	160	76	236		-0.3	5.3	10.8
2023	Sinker (SI)	258		26.5%	40.8%	32.7%	6.3%	18.8%	172	86	258		-2.4	4.7	10.6
2024	Sinker (SI)	168		18.4%	60.5%	21.1%	12.5%	25.0%	115	53	168		-2.1	4.8	10.3
2025	Sinker (SI)	18		50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	12	6	18		-2.5	4.2	10.7
Total	Sinker (SI)	680		24.6%	51.5%	23.8%	6.5%	19.4%	459	221	680		-1.6	4.9	10.6

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	Sinker (SI)	236		26.8%	56.1%	17.1%	0.0%	14.3%	160	76	236		-0.3	5.3	10.8
2023	Sinker (SI)	258		26.5%	40.8%	32.7%	6.3%	18.8%	172	86	258		-2.4	4.7	10.6
2024	Sinker (SI)	168		18.4%	60.5%	21.1%	12.5%	25.0%	115	53	168		-2.1	4.8	10.3
2025	Sinker (SI)	18		50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	12	6	18		-2.5	4.2	10.7
Total	Sinker (SI)	680		24.6%	51.5%	23.8%	6.5%	19.4%	459	221	680		-1.6	4.9	10.6

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	Sinker (SI)	236		20.9%	62.1%	46.2%	47.4%	84.4%	78.0%	61.4%	10.2%		0.2	0.1
2023	Sinker (SI)	258		23.0%	64.1%	46.1%	76.9%	78.5%	78.2%	56.2%	10.1%		-5.1	-2.0
2024	Sinker (SI)	168		15.9%	74.3%	52.4%	60.0%	80.8%	78.4%	62.5%	11.3%		4.7	2.8
2025	Sinker (SI)	18		12.5%	60.0%	38.9%	100.0%	66.7%	71.4%	55.6%	11.1%		-0.7	-3.7
Total	Sinker (SI)	680		20.4%	65.9%	47.5%	64.3%	80.9%	78.0%	59.6%	10.4%		-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	Sinker (SI)	236		20.9%	62.1%	46.2%	47.4%	84.4%	78.0%	61.4%	10.2%		0.2	0.1
2023	Sinker (SI)	258		23.0%	64.1%	46.1%	76.9%	78.5%	78.2%	56.2%	10.1%		-5.1	-2.0
2024	Sinker (SI)	168		15.9%	74.3%	52.4%	60.0%	80.8%	78.4%	62.5%	11.3%		4.7	2.8
2025	Sinker (SI)	18		12.5%	60.0%	38.9%	100.0%	66.7%	71.4%	55.6%	11.1%		-0.7	-3.7
Total	Sinker (SI)	680		20.4%	65.9%	47.5%	64.3%	80.9%	78.0%	59.6%	10.4%		-0.8	-0.1