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
2023 602 533 65 125 16 6 .235 .316 .398 .714
2024 451 412 44 85 17 4 .206 .273 .400 .673
2025 52 47 4 4 1 0 .085 .173 .170 .343
4 Seasons 1,639 1,452 170 314 52 12 .216 .299 .390 .689
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .235 16 6 .714
2024 .206 17 4 .673
2025 .085 1 0 .343
4 Seasons .216 52 12 .689
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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
2025 26 226 27 3 11.1 5.8 90.1 108.5 23.6 29.6 .139 .275 .167 .225 .301 44.4 38.5 5.8
Player 6707 1029 105 10.2 6.4 91.7 113.2 15.8 31.7 .234 .418 .301 .322 .396 46.2 26.5 10.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.7 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

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
2025 33.3 66.7 29.6 18.5 18.5 63.0 29.6 7.4 22.2 11.1 0.0 40.7 18.5 7.4
Player 38.6 61.4 32.2 22.3 7.0 43.6 34.7 21.7 21.1 13.5 4.0 22.5 21.2 17.7
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 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
2025 3.7 25.9 44.4 7.4 7.4 11.1 5.8
Player 1.8 28.5 28.2 23.0 8.0 10.2 6.4
MLB 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.

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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -1 89 39.4 15 .143 .429 .263 45.0 33.3 16.1 .139 .422 .261 55.6
2025 Curveball -6.6 -2 26 11.5 8 .000 .000 .088 61.5 62.5 45.5 .102 .173 .189 50.0
2025 Cutter -5.2 -1 25 11.1 6 .000 .000 .117 50.0 50.0 60.0 .047 .116 .172 50.0
2025 Changeup -5.8 -1 24 10.6 7 .000 .000 .000 20.0 14.3 16.7 .115 .136 .109 33.3
2025 Slider -7.0 -1 20 8.8 4 .000 .000 .000 30.0 75.0 60.0 .001 .003 .002 0.0
2025 Split-Finger -0.9 0 18 8.0 5 .200 .200 .180 42.9 40.0 25.0 .271 .376 .274 66.7
2025 Sinker 1.3 0 17 7.5 4 .500 .500 .575 28.6 0.0 0.0 .630 1.065 .712 50.0
2025 Sweeper -10.0 -1 7 3.1 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 33.3 50.0 .069 .078 .064 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -6 676 36.6 150 .203 .391 .304 32.5 31.3 19.9 .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 -1.2 -3 214 11.6 58 .212 .308 .274 35.3 34.5 24.1 .210 .388 .300 37.5
2024 Cutter -0.4 -1 195 10.6 49 .239 .500 .333 17.6 12.2 12.8 .285 .530 .369 47.5
2024 Curveball -0.4 -1 179 9.7 31 .179 .250 .235 34.3 29.0 13.4 .213 .359 .287 36.8
2024 Sinker -2.1 -4 171 9.3 46 .182 .318 .254 22.7 13.0 15.8 .284 .476 .342 57.9
2024 Sweeper 0.9 1 90 4.9 21 .200 .550 .326 48.8 57.1 30.8 .147 .271 .204 37.5
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
! 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
2025 52 226 -3 -6 1 1 -7
Player 1,635 6,707 -27 -66 43 -27 -22
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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
2025 226 46.0 62.5 66.2 31.1 42.1 44.7 23.1 45.6 42.7 3.5 75.0
Player 6,707 49.0 70.3 75.4 26.5 51.8 42.8 35.8 48.0 31.2 7.3 83.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.7 42.6 30.0 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 50 69 13
2024 50 31 65 70 28 45 55 80 86 74 28 47 21 48 64 9 93 66 15 13
2025 46 44
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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 22.9 16 20.2 -4 12 17 8 50.0
2024 25.0 18 17.4 1 8 12 8 44.4
2025 20.9 1 2.4 -1 1 2 1 100.0
Player 23.3 53 60.9 -8 32 50 21 39.6
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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
2025 1 4 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 1 1 3 3 3 3 1 3 4 1 3 1 2 3 3 2 1 3 3 3 2 1
Player 53 58 50 67 60 56 66 59 47 49 53 64 72 58 64 64 67 60 60 72 60 62 86 69 54 52 60 67 67 58 45
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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 90.7 2.5 93.2 -2.1 91.1 -1.0 90.1
Launch Angle 15.1 1.8 16.9 -2.3 14.6 9.0 23.6
Barrel % 10.4 1.0 11.4 -3.0 8.4 2.7 11.1
Hard Hit % 43.5 6.1 49.6 -4.4 45.2 -0.8 44.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.0 3.6 34.6 -5.5 29.1 0.5 29.6
xBA .237 -0.002 .235 0.004 .239 -0.100 .139
BA .217 0.018 .235 -0.029 .206 -0.121 .085
xwOBA .332 -0.007 .325 -0.008 .317 -0.092 .225
wOBA .310 0.000 .310 -0.018 .292 -0.125 .167
xSLG .410 0.022 .432 -0.007 .425 -0.150 .275
SLG .393 0.005 .398 0.002 .400 -0.230 .170
K% 24.5 3.7 28.2 -3.1 25.1 13.4 38.5
BB% 12.4 -2.1 10.3 -2.5 7.8 -2.0 5.8
Swing % 44.6 3.3 47.9 4.6 52.5 -6.9 45.6
Whiff% 27.8 6.6 34.4 -4.9 29.5 13.2 42.7
In Zone % 48.9 0.7 49.6 -0.8 48.8 -2.8 46.0
Out of Zone % 51.1 -0.7 50.4 0.8 51.2 2.8 54.0
Out of Zone Swing % 24.1 2.7 26.8 1.6 28.4 2.7 31.1
First Pitch Swing % 30.9 7.4 38.3 1.3 39.6 -16.5 23.1
First Pitch Strike % 55.8 9.0 64.8 -1.5 63.3 -1.8 61.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/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
2025 Shades L 52 36 69.2 .046 .221
! 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 499 15.0 50.1% 0.0% 230 18.8 5.2% 0.9%
2025 74 15.1 45.9% 0.0% 25 18.6 4.0% 0.0%
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