MJ Melendez
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 190LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 2, #52, Kansas City Royals | Westminster (FL) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 534 460 57 100 18 2 .217 .313 .393 .706
2023 602 533 65 125 16 6 .235 .316 .398 .714
2024 128 119 10 23 4 2 .193 .250 .378 .628
3 Seasons 1,264 1,112 132 248 38 10 .223 .308 .394 .702
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .217 18 2 .706
2023 .235 16 6 .714
2024 .193 4 2 .628
3 Seasons .223 38 10 .702
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2022 23 2196 336 35 10.4 6.6 90.7 110.8 15.1 31.0 .237 .410 .310 .332 .392 43.5 24.5 12.4
2023 24 2440 367 42 11.4 7.0 93.2 113.2 16.9 34.6 .235 .432 .310 .325 .411 49.6 28.2 10.3
2024 25 526 86 8 9.3 6.3 91.4 112.9 12.2 29.1 .242 .432 .273 .311 .394 44.2 25.8 7.0
Player 5162 789 85 10.8 6.7 92.0 113.2 15.6 32.4 .237 .423 .306 .326 .401 46.4 26.4 10.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 39.6 32.7 20.8 6.8 43.5 33.6 22.9 2.7 29.2 27.1 23.2 6.8 10.4 6.6
2023 35.4 34.6 25.3 4.6 42.0 37.1 21.0 1.1 24.0 29.4 25.9 8.2 11.4 7.0
2024 44.2 27.9 20.9 7.0 39.5 37.2 23.3 1.2 33.7 24.4 23.3 8.1 9.3 6.3
Player 38.1 33.1 22.9 5.8 42.3 35.6 22.1 1.8 27.2 27.9 24.5 7.6 10.8 6.7
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 2 168 31.9 36 .250 .469 .349 33.3 41.7 25.4 .221 .422 .319 41.2
2024 Changeup -2.8 -2 71 13.5 19 .158 .368 .263 21.4 10.5 11.1 .258 .356 .263 35.3
2024 Sinker 1.4 1 68 12.9 18 .222 .556 .322 21.1 16.7 20.0 .417 .809 .515 73.3
2024 Cutter -3.4 -2 66 12.5 20 .158 .316 .223 23.5 10.0 12.5 .237 .472 .318 47.1
2024 Slider -0.5 0 50 9.5 10 .333 .444 .375 36.4 20.0 11.8 .225 .298 .274 28.6
2024 Curveball 0.2 0 45 8.6 8 .286 .429 .356 43.8 12.5 7.7 .299 .586 .411 33.3
2024 Split-Finger -3.9 -1 34 6.5 9 .000 .000 .078 13.3 22.2 16.7 .083 .095 .149 33.3
2024 Sweeper -5.5 -1 19 3.6 5 .000 .000 .000 71.4 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Slurve -4.6 0 5 1.0 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .009 .011 .007 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -4 906 37.1 201 .242 .400 .345 37.6 28.9 21.9 .231 .455 .355 58.2
2023 Slider -1.3 -5 350 14.3 88 .179 .333 .247 36.2 33.0 22.3 .220 .428 .299 43.6
2023 Curveball -0.5 -1 268 11.0 64 .153 .271 .235 32.4 29.7 21.8 .193 .351 .266 27.5
2023 Changeup 1.2 3 262 10.7 72 .262 .385 .333 33.1 27.8 25.3 .258 .387 .316 46.7
2023 Sinker 2.1 5 258 10.6 69 .323 .581 .428 24.4 17.4 19.0 .307 .603 .412 60.0
2023 Cutter 0.3 0 154 6.3 41 .324 .541 .422 32.2 17.1 22.6 .264 .407 .326 53.3
2023 Sweeper -0.8 -1 125 5.1 36 .206 .353 .244 35.9 41.7 33.3 .174 .311 .232 45.0
2023 Split-Finger 2.3 2 101 4.1 25 .217 .391 .292 33.3 36.0 20.5 .234 .430 .312 50.0
2023 Slurve -3.8 0 13 0.5 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 33.3 33.3 .075 .094 .073 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 3 819 37.3 199 .222 .439 .332 26.8 23.1 18.5 .254 .467 .359 50.0
2022 Changeup -1.4 -5 337 15.3 90 .175 .287 .234 27.7 21.1 19.2 .223 .351 .301 37.1
2022 Curveball 0.0 0 283 12.9 53 .170 .298 .259 34.8 37.7 22.0 .124 .196 .189 21.4
2022 Sinker 0.0 0 236 10.7 66 .269 .385 .378 22.9 16.7 19.0 .329 .497 .431 48.8
2022 Slider 0.7 2 227 10.3 50 .214 .429 .339 33.6 30.0 17.2 .201 .397 .327 29.6
2022 Cutter 1.7 3 171 7.8 49 .304 .543 .382 15.7 14.3 21.9 .288 .508 .365 48.7
2022 Sweeper -3.0 -2 81 3.7 20 .167 .333 .190 44.7 55.0 33.3 .173 .308 .243 55.6
2022 Split-Finger -2.2 -1 36 1.6 5 .000 .000 .140 33.3 40.0 10.5 .074 .075 .195 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 533 2,196 -7 -17 16 8 -1
2023 600 2,440 -7 -17 12 11 -1
2024 127 526 -2 -7 2 2 -5
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 2,196 48.9 66.0 79.3 24.1 53.7 41.4 30.9 44.6 27.8 7.7 77.4
2023 2,440 49.6 69.3 72.5 26.8 47.6 43.5 38.3 47.9 34.4 7.4 86.7
2024 526 47.0 73.3 74.0 28.3 63.3 43.2 33.9 49.4 29.2 7.4 87.2
Player 5,162 49.0 68.3 75.4 25.8 51.8 42.6 34.7 46.6 31.1 7.5 82.7
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2022 69 31 58 66 71 72 72 81 71 69 27 92 28 78 61 95
2023 51 23 55 71 37 81 75 96 86 91 18 74 7 61 55 2 93
2024 47 44 64 71 25 64 68 82 90 68 27 35 27 40 74 71 95
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 22.1 18 20.8 -3 10 19 4 22.2
2023 22.8 16 20.5 -5 13 16 8 50.0
2024 24.8 4 4.4 0 1 6 0 0.0
Player 22.6 38 45.7 -8 24 41 12 31.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 18 19 15 22 20 21 23 20 13 17 19 25 23 21 23 24 22 22 21 21 21 22 27 21 16 19 22 25 22 20 18
2023 16 18 17 21 23 17 22 19 20 16 19 21 23 17 22 24 25 17 23 26 19 24 31 25 17 15 20 21 21 19 13
2024 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 2 4 4 3 6 5 4 5 4 5 3 5 6 4 6 7 5 4 3 4 6 4 1
Player 38 42 36 47 47 43 49 44 35 37 42 49 52 43 49 53 51 44 47 52 46 50 64 53 38 38 45 50 49 43 32
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.7 93.2 2.5 ↑ 91.4 -1.8 ↓
Launch Angle 15.1 16.9 1.8 ↑ 12.2 -4.7 ↓
Barrel % 10.4 11.4 1.0 ↑ 9.3 -2.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 43.5 49.6 6.1 ↑ 44.2 -5.4 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.0 34.6 3.6 ↑ 29.1 -5.5 ↓
xBA .237 .235 -0.002 ↓ .242 0.007 ↑
BA .217 .235 0.018 ↑ .193 -0.042 ↓
xwOBA .332 .325 -0.007 ↓ .311 -0.014 ↓
wOBA .310 .310 0.000 .273 -0.037 ↓
xSLG .410 .432 0.022 ↑ .432 0.000
SLG .393 .398 0.005 ↑ .378 -0.020 ↓
K% 24.5 28.2 3.7 ↑ 25.8 -2.4 ↓
BB% 12.4 10.3 -2.1 ↓ 7.0 -3.3 ↓
Swing % 44.6 47.9 3.3 ↑ 49.4 1.5 ↑
Whiff% 27.8 34.4 6.6 ↑ 29.2 -5.2 ↓
In Zone % 48.9 49.6 0.7 ↑ 47.0 -2.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.1 50.4 -0.7 ↓ 53.0 2.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 24.1 26.8 2.7 ↑ 28.3 1.5 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 30.9 38.3 7.4 ↑ 33.9 -4.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 55.8 64.8 9.0 ↑ 59.8 -5.0 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 532 445 83.6 .443 .282
2023 Shades L 600 334 55.7 .349 .279
2024 Shades L 126 87 69.0 .335 .248
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 711 16.9 29.0% 2.1% 320 22.5 3.1% 11.6%
2023 720 15.4 45.0% 0.3% 337 18.7 5.9% 0.6%
2024 143 15.2 49.7% 0.0% 74 19.3 4.1% 1.4%
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