Tim Melville
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 250LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 4, #115, Kansas City Royals | Wentzville Holt HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 0 1 11.00 3 2 0 9 8 2.78
2017 0 1 11.12 3 1 0 5.2 7 2.29
2019 2 3 4.86 7 7 0 33.1 24 1.44
3 Seasons 2 5 6.75 13 10 0 48 39 1.79
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 3 0-1 11.00 9 8 2.78
2017 3 0-1 11.12 5.2 7 2.29
2019 7 2-3 4.86 33.1 24 1.44
3 Seasons 13 2-5 6.75 48 39 1.79
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
2016 26 203 36 4 11.1 7.4 89.8 106.0 12.8 52.8 .379 .674 .534 .493 .551 44.4 14.8 16.7 11.00 12.89
2017 27 134 16 1 6.3 3.3 88.6 109.2 16.6 25.0 .215 .333 .428 .340 .333 31.3 23.3 20.0 11.12 5.06
2019 29 564 104 11 10.6 7.7 90.2 111.5 14.0 30.8 .279 .518 .364 .367 .407 35.0 16.8 9.8 4.86 6.20
Player 901 156 16 10.3 7.0 90.0 111.5 14.0 35.3 .293 .530 .412 .393 .432 36.8 17.2 12.8
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

Melville relies on 4 pitches.
Slider
(54.7%) ,
Four Seamer
(33.4%) ,
Changeup
(6.0%) ,
Curveball
(5.9%) ,


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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
2016 38.9 11.1 47.2 2.8 47.2 27.8 25.0 5.6 22.2 11.1 36.1 11.1 11.1 7.4
2017 37.5 25.0 25.0 12.5 25.0 25.0 43.8 6.3 25.0 31.3 31.3 0.0 6.3 3.3
2019 45.2 23.1 22.1 9.6 38.5 36.5 25.0 1.0 34.6 23.1 22.1 4.8 10.6 7.7
Player 42.9 20.5 28.2 8.3 39.1 33.3 26.9 2.6 30.8 21.2 26.3 5.8 10.3 7.0
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


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
2019 Slider COL R 308 83.1 37.3 -1.3 1.6GLV -4.1 2.4 -0.6 1.6GLV -3.5
2019 Changeup COL R 34 82.5 25.8 -6.5 13.2ARM -0.2 14.3 -7.4 13.2ARM -0.3
2019 4-Seam Fastball COL R 188 89.2 19.4 -1.6 8.6ARM 2.2 14.8 -0.8 8.6ARM 1.1
2019 Curveball COL R 33 75.4 56.4 -3.7 3.3GLV -6.8 -7.0 -2.7 3.3GLV -5.9
2017 4-Seam Fastball SD R 84 94.4 12.5 0.9 11.0ARM 3.4 18.1 1.0 11.0ARM 2.9
2017 Changeup SD R 6 88.5 17.2 -8.4 16.7ARM 3.2 17.8 -9.3 16.7ARM 3.1
2017 Slider SD R 25 86.2 31.4 -1.4 4.1GLV 0.8 5.8 -2.2 4.1GLV -0.1
2017 Curveball SD R 19 81.5 45.9 -4.0 0.4GLV -6.4 -4.1 -3.9 0.4GLV -8.2
! 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 %
2019 Slider 2.2 7 308 54.6 74 .167 .318 .243 36.3 29.7 22.4 .189 .326 .255 26.1
2019 4-Seam Fastball -3.3 -6 188 33.3 51 .415 .854 .549 7.6 3.9 5.6 .385 .785 .510 51.2
2019 Changeup -2.8 -1 34 6.0 9 .333 .778 .519 11.1 0.0 0.0 .406 .799 .491 11.1
2019 Curveball 0.2 0 33 5.9 8 .286 .286 .313 7.7 0.0 0.0 .355 .445 .390 28.6
2017 4-Seam Fastball -3.7 -3 84 62.7 20 .286 .500 .445 11.9 15.0 11.1 .244 .416 .405 36.4
2017 Slider -3.5 -1 25 18.7 4 .500 .750 .538 18.2 0.0 0.0 .365 .434 .340 25.0
2017 Curveball -2.7 -1 19 14.2 6 .200 .400 .325 30.0 66.7 36.4 .011 .020 .127 0.0
2017 Changeup -1.3 0 6 4.5 -- -- -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 54 203 -2 -5 0 -1 -8
2017 30 134 0 -2 -1 -1 -5
2019 142 563 3 4 -3 -4 0
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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 %
2016 203 44.8 64.8 81.4 23.2 80.8 43.8 61.1 41.9 18.8 5.4 90.9
2017 134 41.0 74.5 85.4 30.4 79.2 38.8 43.3 48.5 16.9 7.5 70.0
2019 564 43.5 69.4 82.9 31.4 61.0 40.0 66.4 48.0 24.7 7.6 83.7
Player 901 43.4 69.1 83.0 29.5 67.3 40.7 62.1 46.7 22.3 7.1 82.8
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
2016 34 43 66
2017 72 23 72
2019 6 6 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 22.4 5 3.4 2 4 1 2 40.0
2017 21.5 1 0.9 0 0 1 0 0.0
2019 21.9 9 7.7 1 2 8 2 22.2
Player 22.0 15 12.1 3 6 10 4 26.7
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 5 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 4 4 3 3 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 2 4 3 7 6 4 2
2017 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
2019 9 9 4 8 9 8 10 7 6 4 7 7 8 7 8 8 7 7 8 9 6 9 12 10 7 8 6 9 10 8 6
Player 15 13 8 13 13 12 15 11 9 8 10 12 13 11 12 13 10 11 13 13 10 13 17 15 10 13 10 17 17 13 8
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 2016 2017 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.9 94.4 2.5
Offspeed Velocity 84.3 88.5 4.2
Breaking Velocity 83.1 84.1 1.0
Exit Velocity 89.8 88.6 -1.2
Launch Angle 12.8 16.6 3.8
Barrel % 11.1 6.3 -4.8
Hard Hit % 44.4 31.3 -13.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 52.8 25.0 -27.8
xBA .379 .215 -0.164
BA .381 .304 -0.077
xwOBA .493 .340 -0.153
wOBA .534 .428 -0.106
xSLG .674 .333 -0.341
SLG .810 .522 -0.288
K% 14.8 23.3 8.5
BB% 16.7 20.0 3.3
Swing % 41.9 48.5 6.6
Whiff% 18.8 16.9 -1.9
In Zone % 44.8 41.0 -3.8
Out of Zone % 55.2 59.0 3.8
Out of Zone Swing % 23.2 30.4 7.2
First Pitch Swing % 25.9 26.7 0.8
First Pitch Strike % 61.1 43.3 -17.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 54 .534 33 4 12.1 21 7 33.3
2017 Shifts 30 .428 13 0 0.0 17 5 29.4
2019 Shifts 143 .364 64 3 4.7 79 25 31.6
! 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 %
2016 45 15.2 46.7% 0.0% 51 22.3 11.8% 17.6%
2017 36 16.4 22.2% 0.0% 21 20.5 0.0% 9.5%
2019 153 16.4 36.6% 2.6% 95 23.5 0.0% 10.5%

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Pitch Distribution