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 66 58 7 13 3 1 .224 .318 .466 .784
3 Seasons 1,202 1,051 129 238 37 9 .226 .314 .400 .714
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .217 18 2 .706
2023 .235 16 6 .714
2024 .224 3 1 .784
3 Seasons .226 37 9 .714
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
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 25 282 42 6 14.3 9.1 91.6 112.9 14.9 31.0 .260 .502 .340 .362 .443 42.9 24.2 12.1
Player 4918 745 83 11.1 6.9 92.0 113.2 16.0 32.8 .237 .426 .312 .330 .404 46.4 26.4 11.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .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 38.1 33.3 21.4 7.1 33.3 38.1 28.6 0.0 28.6 26.2 21.4 9.5 14.3 9.1
Player 37.4 33.7 23.1 5.8 42.1 35.6 22.3 1.7 26.6 28.2 24.4 7.7 11.1 6.9
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 2.1 2 106 37.6 22 .263 .632 .416 35.8 31.8 21.9 .271 .589 .406 41.7
2024 Changeup -2.6 -1 38 13.5 10 .200 .400 .250 23.8 10.0 10.0 .291 .416 .303 33.3
2024 Cutter -1.9 -1 36 12.8 11 .200 .300 .259 25.0 9.1 11.1 .226 .355 .289 33.3
2024 Slider 0.8 0 25 8.9 3 .000 .000 .233 28.6 0.0 0.0 .145 .218 .335 0.0
2024 Curveball 1.0 0 25 8.9 5 .250 .500 .390 55.6 20.0 9.1 .382 .834 .543 66.7
2024 Sinker 9.4 2 22 7.8 7 .429 .857 .543 0.0 14.3 16.7 .417 .904 .555 83.3
2024 Split-Finger -0.4 0 16 5.7 4 .000 .000 .175 33.3 50.0 33.3 .018 .036 .192 0.0
2024 Sweeper -4.9 -1 14 5.0 3 .000 .000 .000 60.0 100.0 42.9 -- -- .000 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -5 904 37.0 201 .242 .400 .345 37.6 28.9 22.0 .231 .455 .355 58.2
2023 Slider -1.3 -5 355 14.5 89 .176 .329 .244 37.2 33.7 22.6 .218 .423 .296 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 5 260 10.7 69 .323 .581 .428 24.4 17.4 18.8 .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 -1 120 4.9 35 .212 .364 .251 32.8 40.0 33.3 .180 .320 .239 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 0.4 3 814 37.1 197 .219 .432 .329 27.0 23.4 18.6 .253 .467 .360 49.2
2022 Changeup -1.4 -5 336 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 -0.1 0 242 11.0 68 .278 .407 .385 22.3 16.2 18.6 .328 .495 .427 51.2
2022 Slider 0.6 1 228 10.4 51 .209 .419 .332 34.2 31.4 18.2 .196 .387 .320 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 -2.8 -2 80 3.6 19 .176 .353 .200 43.2 52.6 31.3 .183 .326 .256 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 65 282 1 -2 2 2 2
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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 282 45.7 66.7 72.1 27.5 59.5 45.7 29.2 45.4 32.0 7.8 90.9
Player 4,918 49.1 67.7 75.4 25.6 50.9 42.7 34.5 46.3 31.4 7.5 82.7
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 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 79 62 83 86 69 79 85 82 93 62 39 76 18 45 66 32
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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 25.0 3 3.2 0 1 4 0 0.0
Player 22.6 37 44.5 -8 24 39 12 32.4

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 3 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 1 3 3 2 5 4 4 3 4 3 2 4 3 2 4 5 4 3 2 2 5 3 1
Player 37 39 36 46 46 41 49 43 34 36 41 48 51 42 49 51 51 42 46 51 43 48 62 51 37 37 44 48 48 42 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 91.6 -1.6
Launch Angle 15.1 16.9 1.8 14.9 -2.0
Barrel % 10.4 11.4 1.0 14.3 2.9
Hard Hit % 43.5 49.6 6.1 42.9 -6.7
Sweet Spot % 31.0 34.6 3.6 31.0 -3.6
xBA .237 .235 -0.002 .260 0.025
BA .217 .235 0.018 .224 -0.011
xwOBA .332 .325 -0.007 .362 0.037
wOBA .310 .310 0.000 .340 0.030
xSLG .410 .432 0.022 .502 0.070
SLG .393 .398 0.005 .466 0.068
K% 24.5 28.2 3.7 24.2 -4.0
BB% 12.4 10.3 -2.1 12.1 1.8
Swing % 44.6 47.9 3.3 45.4 -2.5
Whiff% 27.8 34.4 6.6 32.0 -2.4
In Zone % 48.9 49.6 0.7 45.7 -3.9
Out of Zone % 51.1 50.4 -0.7 54.3 3.9
Out of Zone Swing % 24.1 26.8 2.7 27.5 0.7
First Pitch Swing % 30.9 38.3 7.4 29.2 -9.1
First Pitch Strike % 55.8 64.8 9.0 58.5 -6.3
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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 64 41 64.1 .368 .332
! 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 61 14.5 60.7% 0.0% 37 19.3 8.1% 2.7%
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