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MJ Melendez
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 190LBS | Age: 26
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 451 412 44 85 17 4 .206 .273 .400 .673
3 Seasons 1,587 1,405 166 310 51 12 .221 .303 .397 .700
AVG
HR
SB
OPS
2022 .217 18 2 .706
2023 .235 16 6 .714
2024 .206 17 4 .673
3 Seasons .221 51 12 .700
20242024 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATBatting Run Value-11NOT QUALIFIED13Baserunning Run Value-1NOT QUALIFIED36Fielding Run Value-6NOT QUALIFIED12BattingxwOBA.317NOT QUALIFIED50xBA.239NOT QUALIFIED31xSLG.425NOT QUALIFIED65Avg Exit Velocity91.1NOT QUALIFIED80Barrel %8.4NOT QUALIFIED55Hard-Hit %45.2NOT QUALIFIED74LA Sweet-Spot %29.1NOT QUALIFIED6Bat Speed72.8NOT QUALIFIED66Squared-Up %21.9NOT QUALIFIED18Chase %28.4NOT QUALIFIED48Whiff %29.5NOT QUALIFIED21K %25.1NOT QUALIFIED28BB %7.8NOT QUALIFIED47FieldingRange (OAA)-6NOT QUALIFIED9Arm Value0NOT QUALIFIED46Arm Strength91.5NOT QUALIFIED93RunningSprint Speed27.8NOT QUALIFIED64
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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 1845 299 25 8.4 5.5 91.1 112.9 14.6 29.1 .239 .425 .292 .317 .391 45.2 25.1 7.8
Player 6481 1002 102 10.2 6.4 91.8 113.2 15.6 31.7 .237 .423 .305 .325 .399 46.2 26.1 10.3
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.




Created with Highcharts 6.2.0%Chart context menuMJ Melendez Pitch % by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comFastballBreakingOffspeed20222023202401020304050
Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Pitch Tracking

Year
Pitch Type
#
%
PA
AB
H
1B
2B
3B
HR
SO
BBE
BA
XBA
SLG
XSLG
WOBA
XWOBA
EV
LA
Whiff%
PutAway%
2024 Fastball 1,041 56.4 244 223 46 26 8 1 11 59 164 .206 .252 .399 .480 .292 .343 94.0 14 28.1 18.4
2024 Breaking 493 26.7 113 102 20 12 5 0 3 42 60 .196 .195 .333 .350 .271 .277 88.6 26 38.0 22.0
2024 Offspeed 311 16.9 93 87 19 4 10 2 3 12 75 .218 .256 .483 .373 .318 .299 86.9 7 22.5 10.9
2023 Fastball 1,321 54.1 311 264 72 44 15 4 9 77 190 .273 .254 .462 .483 .362 .363 94.9 19 34.2 21.3
2023 Breaking 753 30.9 190 179 31 18 7 0 6 63 117 .173 .201 .313 .377 .230 .270 89.9 14 35.3 24.0
2023 Offspeed 366 15.0 99 90 22 13 7 1 1 30 60 .244 .247 .378 .391 .303 .309 94.3 15 33.1 24.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups
All Batted Balls
Batted Ball Breakdown
Season
GB %
AIR %
FB %
LD %
PU %
Pull %
Straight %
Oppo %
Pull GB %
Straight GB %
Oppo GB %
Pull AIR %
Straight AIR %
Oppo AIR %
2022 39.6 60.4 32.7 20.8 6.8 43.5 33.6 22.9 21.7 12.8 5.1 21.7 20.8 17.9
2023 35.4 64.6 34.6 25.3 4.6 42.0 37.1 21.0 19.9 12.5 3.0 22.1 24.5 18.0
2024 41.8 58.2 28.8 20.4 9.0 44.1 33.4 22.4 21.7 15.7 4.3 22.4 17.7 18.1
Player 38.7 61.3 32.2 22.4 6.7 43.1 34.8 22.1 21.1 13.6 4.1 22.1 21.3 18.0
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 6.0 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season
Weak %
Topped %
Under %
Flare/Burner %
Solid %
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
2022 2.7 29.2 27.1 23.2 6.8 10.4 6.6
2023 1.1 24.0 29.4 25.9 8.2 11.4 7.0
2024 1.7 33.4 26.4 20.7 9.0 8.4 5.5
Player 1.8 28.5 27.7 23.5 8.0 10.2 6.4
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
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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 -6 675 36.6 150 .203 .391 .304 32.6 31.3 20.0 .231 .464 .340 52.3
2024 Changeup 1.2 3 229 12.4 67 .226 .468 .334 21.8 9.0 7.9 .277 .406 .325 33.9
2024 Slider -1.5 -3 228 12.4 63 .196 .286 .263 36.7 36.5 25.6 .195 .361 .288 36.4
2024 Cutter -0.5 -1 194 10.5 48 .239 .500 .325 17.6 12.5 13.0 .285 .530 .362 47.5
2024 Curveball -0.4 -1 178 9.6 31 .179 .250 .235 37.1 29.0 13.8 .213 .359 .287 36.8
2024 Sinker -2.0 -4 172 9.3 46 .182 .318 .254 22.5 13.0 15.4 .284 .476 .342 57.9
2024 Sweeper 2.4 2 78 4.2 17 .250 .688 .403 40.6 52.9 25.7 .183 .336 .251 42.9
2024 Split-Finger 1.1 1 76 4.1 24 .217 .565 .335 25.6 25.0 18.2 .208 .281 .234 41.2
2024 Slurve -5.3 0 9 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 75.0 50.0 100.0 .009 .012 .007 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -2 908 37.2 204 .246 .425 .355 37.8 29.4 22.5 .233 .469 .361 59.1
2023 Slider -1.0 -3 340 13.9 85 .185 .346 .247 36.2 31.8 21.8 .228 .443 .301 44.4
2023 Curveball -0.8 -2 265 10.9 63 .155 .276 .239 32.7 30.2 22.1 .195 .355 .269 28.2
2023 Changeup 0.6 2 262 10.7 73 .258 .379 .328 33.6 28.8 26.3 .254 .382 .312 46.7
2023 Sinker 1.5 4 258 10.6 67 .311 .508 .396 23.9 16.4 17.7 .298 .559 .389 58.0
2023 Cutter 0.8 1 155 6.4 40 .333 .556 .433 30.8 15.0 18.8 .272 .418 .334 53.3
2023 Sweeper -1.7 -2 135 5.5 39 .189 .324 .244 35.7 41.0 32.7 .165 .291 .236 40.9
2023 Split-Finger 1.0 1 101 4.1 25 .217 .391 .292 33.3 36.0 20.5 .234 .430 .312 50.0
2023 Slurve -6.2 -1 13 0.5 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 33.3 33.3 .075 .094 .073 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2022 533 2,196 -7 -20 18 9 -1
2023 600 2,440 -6 -22 13 11 -3
2024 450 1,845 -10 -19 11 8 -11
Player 1,583 6,481 -24 -60 42 -24 -14
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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 1,845 48.8 77.8 75.7 28.4 56.3 43.4 39.6 52.5 29.5 7.4 86.1
Player 6,481 49.1 70.6 75.6 26.3 52.2 42.8 36.2 48.1 30.8 7.5 83.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2022 69 31 58 66 71 72 72 81 71 69 27 92 29 78 61 95
2023 51 23 56 71 37 81 75 96 86 91 18 74 7 61 55 2 93 49 68 14
2024 50 31 65 70 28 45 55 80 86 74 28 47 21 48 64 9 93 66 18 13
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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 %
2022 22.1 18 20.8 -3 11 19 4 22.2
2023 22.8 16 20.2 -4 12 17 8 50.0
2024 25.0 18 17.4 1 8 12 8 44.4
Player 23.3 52 58.5 -7 31 48 20 38.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year
HR
2022 18 19 15 22 20 21 23 20 13 17 19 25 23 21 23 24 22 22 21 21 21 23 27 21 16 19 22 25 22 20 18
2023 16 18 17 21 23 17 22 19 19 16 18 21 23 17 22 23 25 16 21 25 19 23 30 25 18 15 20 21 21 19 13
2024 18 17 17 21 14 16 18 18 12 15 15 15 23 17 16 16 17 18 17 23 19 14 26 20 18 17 15 18 21 17 13
Player 52 54 49 64 57 54 63 57 44 48 52 61 69 55 61 63 64 56 59 69 59 60 83 66 52 51 57 64 64 56 44
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs 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
2022
2023
+/-
 
2024
+/-
 
Exit Velocity 90.7 93.2 2.5 91.1 -2.1
Launch Angle 15.1 16.9 1.8 14.6 -2.3
Barrel % 10.4 11.4 1.0 8.4 -3.0
Hard Hit % 43.5 49.6 6.1 45.2 -4.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.0 34.6 3.6 29.1 -5.5
xBA .237 .235 -0.002 .239 0.004
BA .217 .235 0.018 .206 -0.029
xwOBA .332 .325 -0.007 .317 -0.008
wOBA .310 .310 0.000 .292 -0.018
xSLG .410 .432 0.022 .425 -0.007
SLG .393 .398 0.005 .400 0.002
K% 24.5 28.2 3.7 25.1 -3.1
BB% 12.4 10.3 -2.1 7.8 -2.5
Swing % 44.6 47.9 3.3 52.5 4.6
Whiff% 27.8 34.4 6.6 29.5 -4.9
In Zone % 48.9 49.6 0.7 48.8 -0.8
Out of Zone % 51.1 50.4 -0.7 51.2 0.8
Out of Zone Swing % 24.1 26.8 2.7 28.4 1.6
First Pitch Swing % 30.9 38.3 7.4 39.6 1.3
First Pitch Strike % 55.8 64.8 9.0 63.3 -1.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
Season
Alignment Type
Bat Side
PA
Shifts/Shades
%
No Shift/Shade
Shift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 532 416 78.2 .418 .278
2023 Shades L 600 334 55.7 .349 .279
2024 Shades L 449 273 60.8 .327 .271
! 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 Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
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 499 15.0 50.1% 0.0% 230 18.8 5.2% 0.9%
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Statcast Rankings