Mark Melancon
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 215LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 9, #284, New York Yankees | Arizona
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2020 2 1 2.78 23 0 11 22.2 14 1.28
2021 4 3 2.23 64 0 39 64.2 59 1.22
2022 3 10 4.66 62 0 18 56 35 1.50
14 Seasons 37 40 2.94 732 0 262 726.2 643 1.17
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2020 23 2-1 2.78 22.2 14 1.28
2021 64 4-3 2.23 64.2 59 1.22
2022 62 3-10 4.66 56 35 1.50
14 Seasons 732 37-40 2.94 726.2 643 1.17
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 30 1088 215 5 2.3 1.7 85.6 109.0 5.9 29.3 .219 .305 .237 .255 .301 28.4 21.2 4.8 2.23 2.65
2016 31 1023 192 6 3.1 2.2 85.3 108.9 5.0 28.1 .218 .307 .226 .248 .306 24.0 24.1 4.4 1.64 2.55
2017 32 502 94 3 3.2 2.3 85.3 114.5 5.9 29.8 .260 .373 .340 .294 .355 29.8 22.3 4.6 4.50 3.68
2018 33 654 128 9 7.0 5.2 88.8 110.1 6.7 34.4 .300 .459 .334 .356 .408 36.7 17.8 8.0 3.23 5.55
2019 34 1068 196 4 2.0 1.4 88.6 110.8 3.0 28.1 .243 .338 .292 .277 .334 35.2 23.9 6.3 3.61 3.33
2020 35 323 72 3 4.2 3.2 88.9 108.0 -0.6 26.4 .248 .353 .276 .287 .308 34.7 14.7 7.4 2.78 3.45
2021 36 1053 180 11 6.1 4.2 86.6 109.6 -0.5 33.9 .263 .383 .270 .315 .372 36.1 22.3 9.4 2.23 4.21
2022 37 886 190 13 6.8 5.3 89.7 109.7 10.9 36.3 .281 .424 .325 .336 .360 38.9 14.2 8.5 4.66 4.78
Player 6597 1267 54 4.3 3.1 87.3 114.5 4.9 31.0 .251 .362 .281 .293 .342 32.8 20.6 6.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Melancon relies on 5 pitches.
Cutter
(62.8%) ,
Knuckle Curve
(30.0%) ,
Four Seamer
(3.0%) ,
Split Finger
(2.4%) ,
Slider
(1.8%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 58.1 15.3 21.4 5.1 38.1 35.8 26.0 4.2 47.0 15.3 23.7 4.7 2.3 1.7
2016 55.2 16.1 24.0 4.7 38.0 37.0 25.0 3.1 41.7 18.2 22.4 3.1 3.1 2.2
2017 54.3 16.0 24.5 5.3 33.0 44.7 22.3 9.6 36.2 17.0 26.6 6.4 3.2 2.3
2018 51.6 13.3 31.3 3.9 27.3 41.4 30.5 0.8 39.1 14.8 35.2 2.3 7.0 5.2
2019 60.7 10.2 24.5 4.6 36.7 40.8 22.4 1.5 52.6 12.8 26.0 5.1 2.0 1.4
2020 61.1 15.3 20.8 2.8 43.1 36.1 20.8 5.6 43.1 18.1 23.6 5.6 4.2 3.2
2021 57.2 13.9 26.7 2.2 36.7 41.7 21.7 7.8 38.9 13.3 27.8 5.6 6.1 4.2
2022 44.2 22.1 27.4 6.3 26.3 42.1 31.6 4.2 33.2 21.1 28.4 5.8 6.8 5.3
Player 55.1 15.3 25.1 4.5 34.7 39.8 25.4 4.3 42.0 16.2 26.5 4.7 4.3 3.1
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2022 Curveball AZ R 266 81.7 55.7 4.0 4.6GLV -2.2 -14.2 4.3 4.6GLV -4.5
2022 Cutter AZ R 556 90.9 23.6 1.0 1.0GLV -1.2 9.7 1.4 1.0GLV -1.7
2022 Split-Finger AZ R 21 83.7 28.3 -6.3 12.2ARM 0.5 11.1 -7.0 12.2ARM 0.8
2022 4-Seam Fastball AZ R 27 91.7 20.5 -5.2 8.4ARM 2.3 12.3 -3.9 8.4ARM 1.1
2022 Slider AZ R 16 84.1 35.8 -1.6 2.5GLV -3.0 3.0 -1.2 2.5GLV -3.2
2021 Cutter SD R 659 92.0 21.9 0.9 0.9GLV -1.2 10.5 2.5 0.9GLV -2.0
2021 Curveball SD R 363 82.2 55.4 4.9 4.0GLV -2.8 -14.5 4.4 4.0GLV -5.2
2021 4-Seam Fastball SD R 30 92.0 19.9 -4.6 8.7ARM 2.2 12.6 -3.6 8.7ARM 1.5
2021 Split-Finger SD R 1 82.5 27.3 -8.2 11.4ARM 0.7 12.8 -8.8 11.4ARM 0.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2022 Cutter 0.0 0 556 62.8 158 .289 .423 .348 16.1 8.9 12.0 .292 .451 .356 34.9
2022 Curveball -1.3 -4 266 30.0 71 .273 .348 .313 30.3 29.6 21.4 .242 .323 .289 48.9
2022 4-Seam Fastball -5.4 -1 27 3.0 6 .500 .667 .508 18.2 0.0 0.0 .478 .848 .561 66.7
2022 Split-Finger 1.4 0 21 2.4 6 .167 .167 .150 22.2 0.0 0.0 .311 .398 .302 16.7
2022 Slider 3.6 1 16 1.8 4 .000 .000 .000 37.5 0.0 0.0 .238 .525 .315 50.0
2021 Cutter 1.0 6 659 62.6 160 .250 .379 .334 14.8 15.6 14.7 .281 .429 .354 37.9
2021 Curveball 2.5 9 363 34.5 93 .180 .202 .185 31.0 34.4 21.5 .228 .311 .249 34.5
2021 4-Seam Fastball -3.1 -1 30 2.8 8 .375 .500 .381 9.1 25.0 25.0 .339 .385 .319 16.7
2021 Split-Finger 1.8 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2022 Curveball 262 81.6 79 17.8 6:45 6:30 15
2022 Cutter 537 90.9 61 9.0 12:15 11:45 30
2022 4-Seam Fastball 26 91.7 65 14.3 12:15 1:15 -60
2022 Split-Finger 21 83.7 83 16.2 12:45 1:45 -60
2022 Slider 16 84.1 22 5.1 10:45 10:00 45
2021 Curveball 361 82.2 78 17.8 6:30 6:30 0
2021 Cutter 648 92.0 63 10.0 12:15 11:45 30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 29 92.0 67 14.8 12:15 1:15 -60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2009 70 248 -3 7 -3 -5 -4
2010 90 349 -1 4 -3 -1 0
2011 302 1,092 5 9 -2 -2 10
2012 193 734 -11 7 -3 -2 -8
2013 295 1,041 6 12 0 -1 16
2014 279 980 6 14 -1 -1 18
2015 291 1,081 4 17 -1 -1 19
2016 286 1,082 3 17 3 -1 21
2017 130 502 -1 5 -3 -2 -2
2018 172 652 7 2 -4 -2 3
2019 299 1,135 7 5 -7 -2 3
2020 114 396 5 6 0 -2 8
2021 261 1,053 16 10 -10 -2 15
2022 245 886 0 1 -4 -2 -4
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,088 46.4 65.5 84.5 37.7 60.1 45.1 62.5 50.5 24.2 5.1 69.1
2016 1,023 45.8 66.5 84.3 34.3 59.5 46.9 65.9 49.1 23.9 5.4 70.9
2017 502 44.2 66.2 86.4 30.7 58.1 43.2 56.9 46.4 23.2 5.4 77.8
2018 654 43.9 64.7 88.1 31.1 57.9 46.2 57.6 45.9 23.3 6.7 68.2
2019 1,068 47.2 60.9 84.0 31.0 56.6 46.2 57.7 45.1 25.7 4.7 72.0
2020 323 48.3 66.0 89.3 29.3 55.1 42.1 71.0 47.1 19.7 8.4 77.8
2021 1,053 49.1 66.2 86.5 25.7 58.7 44.8 65.1 45.6 20.8 7.2 77.6
2022 886 50.2 69.4 86.4 25.9 58.8 45.5 62.9 47.7 20.8 6.8 81.7
Player 6,597 47.1 65.6 85.7 31.1 58.5 45.4 62.2 47.3 23.0 6.0 74.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 92 80 92 96 91 91 96 96 85 56 91 63 99 36 75 90 67
2016 96 83 94 96 97 91 93 98 99 72 95 56 92 41 83 86 70
2017 42 98 90 68
2018 29 91 83 57
2019 85 50 89 99 71 99 100 50 62 58 76 50 70 33 70 75 60
2020 73 40 70 86 49 74 84 38 62 6 66 9 65 64
2021 45 20 58 85 21 76 76 88 68 39 34 13 25 68
2022 15 4 21 50 9 62 60 18 42 3 40 13 13 65
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.1 3 3.4 0 4 2 2 66.7
2017 23.5 3 2.9 0 1 3 0 0.0
2018 21.7 2 3.0 -1 2 2 2 100.0
2019 23.2 4 3.6 0 4 4 0 0.0
2020 -- 1 0.8 0 2 2 0 0.0
2021 21.5 4 3.5 1 2 1 3 75.0
2022 22.4 5 4.0 1 2 3 2 40.0
Player 22.5 22 21.3 1 17 17 9 40.9
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 3 2 3 5 3 2 4 3 3 2 3 6 4 3 3 4 2 2 2 4 2 3 6 5 3 3 3 7 4 3 2
2017 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 2
2018 2 5 2 5 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 2 4 2 3 4 3 2 2 3 4 3 2 2
2019 4 6 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 6 4 5 4 4 2 3 6 3 2
2020 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
2021 4 3 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 3 4
2022 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 3 2 5 3 5 3 3
Player 22 25 15 25 21 21 23 21 18 16 17 26 24 19 22 23 21 21 20 22 21 23 27 24 19 17 21 27 26 18 15
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.3 91.7 0.4 ↑ 91.1 -0.6 ↓ 91.3 0.2 ↑ 91.8 0.5 ↑ 91.9 0.1 ↑ 92.0 0.1 ↑ 90.9 -1.1 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 85.3 84.5 -0.8 ↓ 86.5 2.0 ↑ 82.3 -4.2 ↓ 83.4 1.1 ↑ 84.1 0.7 ↑ 82.5 -1.6 ↓ 83.7 1.2 ↑
Breaking Velocity 81.4 81.7 0.3 ↑ 81.5 -0.2 ↓ 82.7 1.2 ↑ 82.1 -0.6 ↓ 81.8 -0.3 ↓ 82.2 0.4 ↑ 81.8 -0.4 ↓
Exit Velocity 85.6 85.3 -0.3 ↓ 85.3 0.0 88.8 3.5 ↑ 88.6 -0.2 ↓ 88.9 0.3 ↑ 86.6 -2.3 ↓ 89.7 3.1 ↑
Launch Angle 5.9 5.0 -0.9 ↓ 5.9 0.9 ↑ 6.7 0.8 ↑ 3.0 -3.7 ↓ -0.6 -3.6 ↓ -0.5 0.1 ↑ 10.9 11.4 ↑
Barrel % 2.3 3.1 0.8 ↑ 3.2 0.1 ↑ 7.0 3.8 ↑ 2.0 -5.0 ↓ 4.2 2.2 ↑ 6.1 1.9 ↑ 6.8 0.7 ↑
Hard Hit % 28.4 24.0 -4.4 ↓ 29.8 5.8 ↑ 36.7 6.9 ↑ 35.2 -1.5 ↓ 34.7 -0.5 ↓ 36.1 1.4 ↑ 38.9 2.8 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.3 28.1 -1.2 ↓ 29.8 1.7 ↑ 34.4 4.6 ↑ 28.1 -6.3 ↓ 26.4 -1.7 ↓ 33.9 7.5 ↑ 36.3 2.4 ↑
xBA .219 .218 -0.001 ↓ .260 0.042 ↑ .300 0.040 ↑ .243 -0.057 ↓ .248 0.005 ↑ .263 0.015 ↑ .281 0.018 ↑
BA .207 .204 -0.003 ↓ .301 0.097 ↑ .302 0.001 ↑ .270 -0.032 ↓ .262 -0.008 ↓ .228 -0.034 ↓ .281 0.053 ↑
xwOBA .255 .248 -0.007 ↓ .294 0.046 ↑ .356 0.062 ↑ .277 -0.079 ↓ .287 0.010 ↑ .315 0.028 ↑ .336 0.021 ↑
wOBA .237 .226 -0.011 ↓ .340 0.114 ↑ .334 -0.006 ↓ .292 -0.042 ↓ .276 -0.016 ↓ .270 -0.006 ↓ .325 0.055 ↑
xSLG .305 .307 0.002 ↑ .373 0.066 ↑ .459 0.086 ↑ .338 -0.121 ↓ .353 0.015 ↑ .383 0.030 ↑ .424 0.041 ↑
SLG .291 .271 -0.020 ↓ .455 0.184 ↑ .409 -0.046 ↓ .357 -0.052 ↓ .310 -0.047 ↓ .316 0.006 ↑ .393 0.077 ↑
K% 21.2 24.1 2.9 ↑ 22.3 -1.8 ↓ 17.8 -4.5 ↓ 23.9 6.1 ↑ 14.7 -9.2 ↓ 22.3 7.6 ↑ 14.2 -8.1 ↓
BB% 4.8 4.4 -0.4 ↓ 4.6 0.2 ↑ 8.0 3.4 ↑ 6.3 -1.7 ↓ 7.4 1.1 ↑ 9.4 2.0 ↑ 8.5 -0.9 ↓
Swing % 50.5 49.1 -1.4 ↓ 46.4 -2.7 ↓ 45.9 -0.5 ↓ 45.1 -0.8 ↓ 47.1 2.0 ↑ 45.6 -1.5 ↓ 47.7 2.1 ↑
Whiff% 24.2 23.9 -0.3 ↓ 23.2 -0.7 ↓ 23.3 0.1 ↑ 25.7 2.4 ↑ 19.7 -6.0 ↓ 20.8 1.1 ↑ 20.8 0.0
In Zone % 46.4 45.8 -0.6 ↓ 44.2 -1.6 ↓ 43.9 -0.3 ↓ 47.2 3.3 ↑ 48.3 1.1 ↑ 49.1 0.8 ↑ 50.2 1.1 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.6 54.2 0.6 ↑ 55.8 1.6 ↑ 56.1 0.3 ↑ 52.8 -3.3 ↓ 51.7 -1.1 ↓ 50.9 -0.8 ↓ 49.8 -1.1 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 37.7 34.3 -3.4 ↓ 30.7 -3.6 ↓ 31.1 0.4 ↑ 31.0 -0.1 ↓ 29.3 -1.7 ↓ 25.7 -3.6 ↓ 25.9 0.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 30.0 32.2 2.2 ↑ 25.4 -6.8 ↓ 24.4 -1.0 ↓ 23.6 -0.8 ↓ 34.4 10.8 ↑ 28.4 -6.0 ↓ 31.0 2.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 62.5 65.9 3.4 ↑ 56.9 -9.0 ↓ 57.6 0.7 ↑ 57.7 0.1 ↑ 71.0 13.3 ↑ 65.1 -5.9 ↓ 62.9 -2.2 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 250 .232 134 0 0.0 116 29 25.0
2017 Shifts 129 .342 59 0 0.0 70 9 12.9
2018 Shifts 172 .334 109 2 1.8 63 18 28.6
2019 Shifts 282 .292 177 6 3.4 105 40 38.1
2020 Shifts 92 .276 53 5 9.4 39 9 23.1
2021 Shifts 261 .270 154 1 0.6 107 42 39.3
2022 Shifts 245 .325 135 16 11.9 110 58 52.7
! 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 %
2010 93 17.0 16.1% 1.1% 68 24.0 0.0% 13.2%
2011 273 19.2 5.5% 3.3% 197 25.3 0.5% 22.3%
2012 222 19.1 6.8% 2.7% 98 25.6 0.0% 21.4%
2013 276 19.2 3.3% 3.6% 118 27.6 0.0% 28.0%
2014 262 19.7 1.5% 7.6% 116 28.0 0.0% 37.9%
2015 331 20.8 10.9% 12.1% 138 27.7 0.7% 40.6%
2016 324 22.2 6.5% 11.4% 136 28.6 2.9% 43.4%
2017 132 20.0 3.0% 3.8% 104 27.0 0.0% 21.2%
2018 172 19.1 4.7% 4.7% 134 25.6 0.0% 14.2%
2019 303 19.6 3.3% 5.9% 206 27.0 0.0% 26.2%
2020 71 19.7 4.2% 4.2% 71 26.9 0.0% 31.0%
2021 262 20.8 1.9% 6.9% 213 28.4 0.0% 38.0%
2022 234 20.6 0.9% 6.4% 168 28.1 0.0% 36.3%

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Pitch Distribution

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