MJ Melendez

MJ Melendez

Kansas City Royals (AAA)

OF

Age: 26

Bats/Throws: L/R

6'1" / 190

DOB: 11/29/1998

(26 years, 5 months)

OF

Pitch Type Splits

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	AB	PA	H H - Hits Allowed	1B	2B L - Losses	3B ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	SO SO - Strikeouts	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	SF	SH	GDP	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	divider	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2022	Knuckle Curve (KC)	50		12	12	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	.250		67.9	86.2	80.3
2023	Knuckle Curve (KC)	66		20	22	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	.250		75.3	90.4	82.3
2024	Knuckle Curve (KC)	32		7	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.286		70.9	85.8	80.9
2025	Knuckle Curve (KC)	9		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000		84.2	86.7	85.5
Total	Knuckle Curve (KC)	157		41	43	10	8	1	0	1	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	.244		67.9	90.4	81.5

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	AB	PA	H H - Hits Allowed	1B	2B L - Losses	3B ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	SO SO - Strikeouts	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	SF	SH	GDP	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	divider	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2022	Knuckle Curve (KC)	50		12	12	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	.250		67.9	86.2	80.3
2023	Knuckle Curve (KC)	66		20	22	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	.250		75.3	90.4	82.3
2024	Knuckle Curve (KC)	32		7	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.286		70.9	85.8	80.9
2025	Knuckle Curve (KC)	9		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000		84.2	86.7	85.5
Total	Knuckle Curve (KC)	157		41	43	10	8	1	0	1	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	.244		67.9	90.4	81.5

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB/K	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2022	Knuckle Curve (KC)	50		0.0%	58.3%	0.00	.250	.250	.500	.750	.250	.500	1.5	0.1	.320	120
2023	Knuckle Curve (KC)	66		4.5%	27.3%	0.17	.250	.318	.250	.568	.000	.357	1.7	-1.0	.265	76
2024	Knuckle Curve (KC)	32		0.0%	28.6%	0.00	.286	.286	.429	.714	.143	.400	0.8	0.0	.305	109
2025	Knuckle Curve (KC)	9		0.0%	100.0%	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-0.5	.000	-100
Total	Knuckle Curve (KC)	157		2.3%	39.5%	0.06	.244	.279	.341	.621	.098	.391	3.7	-1.4	.275	86

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB/K	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2022	Knuckle Curve (KC)	50		0.0%	58.3%	0.00	.250	.250	.500	.750	.250	.500	1.5	0.1	.320	120
2023	Knuckle Curve (KC)	66		4.5%	27.3%	0.17	.250	.318	.250	.568	.000	.357	1.7	-1.0	.265	76
2024	Knuckle Curve (KC)	32		0.0%	28.6%	0.00	.286	.286	.429	.714	.143	.400	0.8	0.0	.305	109
2025	Knuckle Curve (KC)	9		0.0%	100.0%	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-0.5	.000	-100
Total	Knuckle Curve (KC)	157		2.3%	39.5%	0.06	.244	.279	.341	.621	.098	.391	3.7	-1.4	.275	86

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	xMov	zMov	Mov
2022	Knuckle Curve (KC)	50		20.0%	60.0%	20.0%	0.0%	100.0%	30	20	50		4.2	-6.9	8.4
2023	Knuckle Curve (KC)	66		23.1%	61.5%	15.4%	0.0%	0.0%	37	29	66		3.9	-5.1	6.9
2024	Knuckle Curve (KC)	32		20.0%	0.0%	80.0%	25.0%	0.0%	21	11	32		3.1	-7.6	8.5
2025	Knuckle Curve (KC)	9		0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	7	2	9		3.7	-6.9	7.9
Total	Knuckle Curve (KC)	157		21.7%	47.8%	30.4%	14.3%	14.3%	95	62	157		3.8	-6.3	7.7

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	xMov	zMov	Mov
2022	Knuckle Curve (KC)	50		20.0%	60.0%	20.0%	0.0%	100.0%	30	20	50		4.2	-6.9	8.4
2023	Knuckle Curve (KC)	66		23.1%	61.5%	15.4%	0.0%	0.0%	37	29	66		3.9	-5.1	6.9
2024	Knuckle Curve (KC)	32		20.0%	0.0%	80.0%	25.0%	0.0%	21	11	32		3.1	-7.6	8.5
2025	Knuckle Curve (KC)	9		0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	7	2	9		3.7	-6.9	7.9
Total	Knuckle Curve (KC)	157		21.7%	47.8%	30.4%	14.3%	14.3%	95	62	157		3.8	-6.3	7.7

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	O-Swing% O-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at outside the strike zone	Z-Swing% Z-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at inside the strike zone.	Swing% Swing% - Total percentage of pitches a batter swings at	O-Contact% O-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown outside the strike zone	Z-Contact% Z-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown inside the strike zone	Contact% Contact% - Total percentage of contact made when swinging at all pitches	Zone% Zone% - Percentage of pitches seen inside the strike zone	SwStr% SwStr% - Percentage of Strikes that were swung at and missed	divider	pVAL	pVAL/C
2022	Knuckle Curve (KC)	50		31.0%	52.4%	40.0%	44.4%	81.8%	65.0%	42.0%	14.0%		-0.9	-1.7
2023	Knuckle Curve (KC)	66		25.0%	73.1%	43.9%	20.0%	73.7%	55.2%	39.4%	19.7%		-0.7	-1.0
2024	Knuckle Curve (KC)	32		30.0%	66.7%	43.8%	50.0%	87.5%	71.4%	37.5%	12.5%		-0.1	-0.2
2025	Knuckle Curve (KC)	9		66.7%	33.3%	55.6%	25.0%	0.0%	20.0%	33.3%	44.4%		0.6	6.2
Total	Knuckle Curve (KC)	157		30.5%	62.9%	43.3%	34.5%	76.9%	58.8%	39.5%	17.8%		-1.1	-0.7

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	divider	O-Swing% O-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at outside the strike zone	Z-Swing% Z-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at inside the strike zone.	Swing% Swing% - Total percentage of pitches a batter swings at	O-Contact% O-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown outside the strike zone	Z-Contact% Z-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown inside the strike zone	Contact% Contact% - Total percentage of contact made when swinging at all pitches	Zone% Zone% - Percentage of pitches seen inside the strike zone	SwStr% SwStr% - Percentage of Strikes that were swung at and missed	divider	pVAL	pVAL/C
2022	Knuckle Curve (KC)	50		31.0%	52.4%	40.0%	44.4%	81.8%	65.0%	42.0%	14.0%		-0.9	-1.7
2023	Knuckle Curve (KC)	66		25.0%	73.1%	43.9%	20.0%	73.7%	55.2%	39.4%	19.7%		-0.7	-1.0
2024	Knuckle Curve (KC)	32		30.0%	66.7%	43.8%	50.0%	87.5%	71.4%	37.5%	12.5%		-0.1	-0.2
2025	Knuckle Curve (KC)	9		66.7%	33.3%	55.6%	25.0%	0.0%	20.0%	33.3%	44.4%		0.6	6.2
Total	Knuckle Curve (KC)	157		30.5%	62.9%	43.3%	34.5%	76.9%	58.8%	39.5%	17.8%		-1.1	-0.7