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MJ Melendez

#1 - LF

Kansas City Royals

Bats / Throws Left / Right
Date of Birth 11/29/1998 (25)
Height, Weight 6'1", 190 lb
Hometown Daytona Beach, FL

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
PA R HR RBI SB AVG wOBA
99 9 4 12 1 .178 .272
153rd 91
PA
184th 11
R
59th 3
HR
110th 10
RBI
135th 2
SB
309th .238
AVG
257th .309
wOBA
K% BB% IPA% HC% xAVG xwOBA
24.2% 9.1% 26.3% 27.3% .254 .355
222nd 22.7%
K%
143rd 8.6%
BB%
157th 25.7%
IPA%
141st 26.0%
HC%
115th .236
xAVG
84th .313
xwOBA
Hitter List
Rank
88th

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Overview

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average
Year Team G PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG wOBA xwOBA Z-Con% K% BB% HR/FB% BABIP Brl% ICR IPA%
2022 KC 129 534 57 18 62 2 .217 .313 .393 .310 .343 79.8% 24.5% 12.4% 14.5% .258 10.5% 40.2% 25.3%
2023 KC 148 602 65 16 56 6 .235 .316 .398 .310 .322 73.2% 28.2% 10.3% 11.4% .311 10.4% 45.0% 27.4%
2024 KC 27 99 9 4 12 1 .178 .253 .367 .272 .355 76.4% 24.2% 9.1% 20.0% .194 10.6% 39.4% 26.3%
MLB Percentile 55 56 44 74 65 39 13 15 45 27 76 14 36 58 82 7 77 56 55
MLB AVG 24 91 11 3 10 2 .238 .311 .382 .309 .313 83.3% 22.7% 8.6% 12.1% .288 7.2% 38.3% 25.7%
Career 304 1,235 131 38 130 9 .223 .309 .393 .312 .340 76.2% 26.3% 11.1% 13.4% .278 10.4% 42.4% 26.4%

Game Log

All Date Opp Result BO
Total 27 G
Tue 4/30 @ TOR W 4-1 7
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 2 10.5% ↓24.3% 93.9 ↓0.2
Sinker 8 42.1% ↑31.9% 95.8 ↑3.0
Curveball 4 21.1% ↑11.1% 83.8 ↑5.1
Changeup 5 26.3% ↑14.3% 83.9 ↓2.8
TOTALS 19 100.0% 89.9
Mon 4/29 @ TOR L 6-5 7
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 4 23.5% ↓11.9% 95.4 ↑1.4
Sinker 6 35.3% ↑26.2% 93.8 ↑1.1
Cutter 2 11.8% ↑0.5% 88.9 ↓1.6
Curveball 1 5.9% ↓4.3% 78.2 ↓0.5
Splitter 4 23.5% ↑16.6% 86.0 ↓0.5
TOTALS 17 100.0% 90.8
Sun 4/28 @ DET L 4-1 PH
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Sinker 1 25.0% ↑16.1% 94.7 ↑2.1
Slider 3 75.0% ↑65.0% 88.7 ↑5.7
TOTALS 4 100.0% 90.2
Fri 4/26 @ DET W 8-0 5
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 5 33.3% ↓2.5% 93.9 ↓0.2
Slider 6 40.0% ↑31.2% 83.8 ↑1.0
Curveball 1 6.7% ↓3.8% 77.0 ↓1.7
Changeup 3 20.0% ↑7.6% 86.2 ↓0.5
TOTALS 15 100.0% 87.2
Thu 4/25 vs. TOR W 2-1 5
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 2 40.0% ↑4.2% 90.6 ↓3.5
Sinker 1 20.0% ↑10.8% 91.9 ↓0.7
Curveball 1 20.0% ↑9.7% 81.5 ↑2.8
Changeup 1 20.0% ↑7.7% 81.8 ↓5.0
TOTALS 5 100.0% 87.3
Wed 4/24 vs. TOR W 3-2 5
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 3 20.0% ↓16.5% 93.3 ↓0.8
Sinker 1 6.7% ↓2.6% 93.9 ↑1.3
Cutter 4 26.7% ↑15.3% 88.0 ↓2.7
Slider 3 20.0% ↑11.6% 83.3 ↑0.6
Curveball 3 20.0% ↑10.1% 75.5 ↓3.4
Splitter 1 6.7% ↓0.8% 86.2 ↓0.3
TOTALS 15 100.0% 85.9
Tue 4/23 vs. TOR W 3-2 5
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 5 27.8% ↓9.2% 91.8 ↓2.4
Sinker 3 16.7% ↑7.8% 93.1 ↑0.6
Slider 2 11.1% ↑2.9% 87.7 ↑5.3
Splitter 8 44.4% ↑39.1% 83.7 ↓4.1
TOTALS 18 100.0% 88.0
Sun 4/21 vs. BAL L 5-0 5
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 2 28.6% ↓8.6% 91.8 ↓2.5
Sinker 3 42.9% ↑34.8% 90.9 ↓1.8
Curveball 2 28.6% ↑18.5% 75.7 ↓3.5
TOTALS 7 100.0% 86.8
Sat 4/20 vs. BAL L 9-7 5
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Sinker 1 9.1% ↑1.0% 90.3 ↓2.5
Cutter 3 27.3% ↑15.5% 90.8 ↑0.1
Curveball 3 27.3% ↑17.9% 81.6 ↑2.7
Changeup 4 36.4% ↑23.3% 89.9 ↑3.4
TOTALS 11 100.0% 87.9
Fri 4/19 vs. BAL W 9-4 5
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 7 43.8% ↑5.5% 94.4 ↑0.1
Sinker 2 12.5% ↑4.7% 92.7 ↓0.1
Cutter 2 12.5% ↑0.8% 88.1 ↓2.8
Slider 1 6.3% ↓2.6% 84.8 ↑2.5
Curveball 3 18.8% ↑9.9% 77.0 ↓2.1
Splitter 1 6.3% ↑0.6% 83.9 ↓4.1
TOTALS 16 100.0% 88.9
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 5 29.4% ↓10.6% 96.5 ↑2.4
Sinker 1 5.9% ↓2.7% 93.2 ↑0.4
Cutter 1 5.9% ↓5.1% 89.6 ↓1.5
Slider 4 23.5% ↑15.4% 86.0 ↑4.7
Sweeper 1 5.9% ↑0.6% 81.9 ↓0.5
Curveball 3 17.7% ↑10.3% 76.6 ↓2.7
Changeup 2 11.8% ↓2.9% 85.0 ↓1.6
TOTALS 17 100.0% 87.7
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 5 25.0% ↓15.0% 94.3 ↑0.2
Cutter 5 25.0% ↑14.0% 90.1 ↓1.0
Slider 1 5.0% ↓3.2% 87.2 ↑5.9
Curveball 4 20.0% ↑12.7% 80.3 ↑1.0
Changeup 1 5.0% ↓9.7% 88.2 ↑1.6
Splitter 4 20.0% ↑15.1% 88.3 ↑0.4
TOTALS 20 100.0% 88.6
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 5 31.3% ↓9.4% 93.3 ↓0.9
Cutter 1 6.3% ↓5.1% 88.6 ↓2.6
Sweeper 2 12.5% ↑7.7% 82.9 ↑0.6
Changeup 8 50.0% ↑37.8% 86.0 ↓0.7
TOTALS 16 100.0% 88.0
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 4 30.8% ↓10.4% 94.2 ↑0.0
Sinker 2 15.4% ↑6.6% 94.2 ↑1.5
Cutter 2 15.4% ↑4.3% 85.8 ↓5.8
Slider 1 7.7% ↓1.1% 85.6 ↑4.6
Sweeper 3 23.1% ↑19.4% 80.1 ↓3.0
Changeup 1 7.7% ↓4.8% 87.8 ↑1.1
TOTALS 13 100.0% 88.5
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 13 59.1% ↑19.9% 95.1 ↑1.1
Cutter 6 27.3% ↑18.0% 93.5 ↑2.5
Slider 1 4.6% ↓4.7% 85.3 ↑4.5
Sweeper 2 9.1% ↑6.0% 83.6 ↑0.6
TOTALS 22 100.0% 93.2
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 5 26.3% ↓14.3% 94.5 ↑0.5
Sinker 1 5.3% ↓5.0% 93.0 ↑0.4
Slider 4 21.1% ↑13.1% 74.9 ↓7.6
Curveball 2 10.5% ↑1.4% 81.4 ↑2.4
Changeup 5 26.3% ↑13.7% 89.8 ↑3.8
Splitter 2 10.5% ↑4.8% 88.1 ↑0.2
TOTALS 19 100.0% 87.0
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 5 29.4% ↓12.4% 92.9 ↓1.2
Sinker 1 5.9% ↓4.9% 91.2 ↓1.5
Cutter 4 23.5% ↑14.7% 89.9 ↓1.4
Sweeper 2 11.8% ↑9.2% 81.9 ↓1.6
Curveball 3 17.7% ↑9.4% 79.4 ↑0.5
Changeup 2 11.8% ↓0.9% 87.8 ↑2.0
TOTALS 17 100.0% 87.8
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 8 40.0% ↓2.0% 91.6 ↓2.8
Sinker 2 10.0% ↓0.9% 93.9 ↑1.3
Slider 5 25.0% ↑18.5% 79.3 ↓5.0
Curveball 3 15.0% ↑7.8% 80.2 ↑1.6
Changeup 2 10.0% ↓3.0% 80.8 ↓5.5
TOTALS 20 100.0% 85.9
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 7 53.9% ↑13.1% 96.5 ↑2.3
Cutter 3 23.1% ↑14.3% 90.7 ↓0.8
Slider 2 15.4% ↑9.8% 83.5 ↓1.0
Changeup 1 7.7% ↓5.9% 86.4 ↑0.1
TOTALS 13 100.0% 92.4
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 6 46.2% ↑6.0% 91.6 ↓2.9
Sinker 3 23.1% ↑12.4% 91.0 ↓1.9
Slider 1 7.7% ↑2.3% 84.8 ↑0.4
Curveball 1 7.7% ↓0.3% 73.2 ↓6.0
Changeup 2 15.4% ↑2.0% 80.2 ↓7.0
TOTALS 13 100.0% 87.8
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 5 26.3% ↓16.7% 98.0 ↑3.9
Sinker 2 10.5% ↓0.2% 93.6 ↑0.8
Cutter 4 21.1% ↑13.5% 90.3 ↓1.9
Sweeper 1 5.3% ↑2.0% 82.8 ↓0.9
Splitter 7 36.8% ↑33.6% 88.4 ↑1.6
TOTALS 19 100.0% 91.6
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 6 31.6% ↓14.4% 94.1 ↑0.1
Sinker 6 31.6% ↑26.2% 92.7 ↓0.2
Slider 2 10.5% ↑5.1% 85.2 ↑1.2
Changeup 5 26.3% ↑12.8% 85.8 ↓2.0
TOTALS 19 100.0% 90.6
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Cutter 6 37.5% ↑35.8% 91.5 ↓4.7
Slider 1 6.3% ↑1.1% 84.3 ↑0.3
Sweeper 1 6.3% ↑2.8% 82.0 ↓2.6
Curveball 5 31.3% ↑24.4% 80.0 ↑1.9
Changeup 3 18.8% ↑6.7% 88.7 ↑1.2
TOTALS 16 100.0% 86.3
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 7 53.9% ↓6.2% 93.8 ↓0.3
Slider 2 15.4% ↑13.2% 83.0 ↓3.0
Curveball 3 23.1% ↑20.9% 78.6 ↑2.0
Splitter 1 7.7% ↑3.2% 85.2 ↓2.3
TOTALS 13 100.0% 87.9
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 8 61.5% ↑2.2% 92.2 ↓2.7
Sinker 2 15.4% ↑9.1% 92.8 ↓0.3
Curveball 1 7.7% ↑7.7% 76.6
Changeup 2 15.4% ↓0.2% 83.6 ↓5.4
TOTALS 13 100.0% 89.8
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 13 72.2% ↑29.4% 94.8 ↓0.4
Sinker 1 5.6% ↓1.6% 92.3 ↓1.5
Cutter 1 5.6% ↑5.6% 96.2
Slider 1 5.6% ↑5.6% 86.0
Splitter 2 11.1% ↑11.1% 87.6
TOTALS 18 100.0% 93.5
Strike Zone Plot
home plate
Type P Usage% MPH
Four-Seamer 6 42.9% ↑5.6% 95.2 ↑1.1
Sinker 1 7.1% ↓3.4% 93.8 ↑0.3
Sweeper 2 14.3% ↑10.4% 84.6 ↑3.1
Changeup 5 35.7% ↑25.0% 89.0 ↑3.4
TOTALS 14 100.0% 91.4

Standard

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Year Team 1B 2B 3B HR SB CS K BB HBP H TB HH Brl
2022 KC 58 21 3 18 2 3 131 66 1 100 181 143 35
2023 KC 75 29 5 16 6 4 170 62 3 125 212 182 38
2024 KC 7 5 0 4 1 0 24 9 0 16 33 27 7
MLB Percentile 14 64 0 74 39 0 29 60 0 34 - - -
MLB AVG 13 4 0 3 2 1 20 8 1 20 26 24 4
Career 140 55 8 38 9 7 325 137 4 241 426 352 80

Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG OBP SLG wOBA ISO BABIP xAVG xSLG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON Max EV FB EV LA
2022 KC 24.5% 12.4% .217 .313 .393 .310 .176 .258 .244 .457 .343 .286 .410 110.8 89.5 15.3
2023 KC 28.2% 10.3% .235 .316 .398 .310 .163 .311 .233 .437 .322 .294 .407 113.2 92.8 16.9
2024 KC 24.2% 9.1% .178 .253 .367 .272 .189 .194 .254 .499 .355 .294 .442 112.9 91.4 11.0
MLB Percentile 36 58 13 15 45 27 - 7 66 83 76 58 83 - 84 38
MLB AVG 22.7% 8.6% .238 .311 .382 .309 .144 .288 .236 .397 .313 .281 .366 108.9 87.3 12.8
Career 26.3% 11.1% .223 .309 .393 .312 .170 .278 .239 .451 .340 .290 .419 113.2 91.3 15.7

Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2022 KC 41.7% 21.0% 37.2% 9.9% 31.2% 49.1% 31.8% 19.0% 16.9% 59.4% 24.6% 5.4% 10.5% 40.2%
2023 KC 39.0% 22.9% 38.1% 12.0% 37.1% 46.3% 33.8% 19.9% 16.4% 55.1% 25.9% 8.7% 10.4% 45.0%
2024 KC 48.5% 21.2% 30.3% 9.1% 25.8% 50.0% 27.3% 22.7% 16.9% 60.6% 21.2% 7.6% 10.6% 39.4%
MLB Percentile 67 46 34 49 8 84 15 36 38 - 27 71 77 56
MLB AVG 44.7% 21.8% 33.6% 9.5% 35.6% 41.0% 33.7% 25.3% 17.7% 61.5% 25.2% 6.1% 7.2% 38.3%
Career 41.0% 21.9% 37.1% 10.8% 33.6% 47.9% 32.4% 19.8% 16.7% 57.5% 24.9% 7.2% 10.4% 42.4%

Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2022 KC .217 .310 .258 .298 .244 .343 .286 .410 90.7 89.5 15.3 14.5% 40.2% 25.3%
2023 KC .235 .310 .311 .341 .233 .322 .294 .407 93.2 92.8 16.9 11.4% 45.0% 27.4%
2024 KC .178 .272 .194 .242 .254 .355 .294 .442 91.0 91.4 11.0 20.0% 39.4% 26.3%
MLB Percentile 13 27 7 14 66 76 58 83 80 84 38 82 56 55
MLB AVG .238 .309 .288 .317 .236 .313 .281 .366 88.3 87.3 12.8 12.1% 38.3% 25.7%
Career .223 .312 .278 .313 .239 .340 .290 .419 91.9 91.3 15.7 13.4% 42.4% 26.4%

Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS%
2022 KC 44.8% 61.2% 44.5% 26.3% 27.7% 16.9% 72.3% 79.8% 56.6% 16.7% 12.3% 29.0% - 56.6%
2023 KC 45.6% 63.6% 47.9% 28.8% 34.4% 16.4% 65.6% 73.2% 50.0% 15.7% 16.5% 32.1% - 58.4%
2024 KC 42.5% 61.6% 47.7% 28.9% 30.8% 16.9% 69.2% 76.4% 55.9% 13.9% 14.7% 28.6% - 57.7%
MLB Percentile 12 25 51 56 24 38 24 14 43 76 23 51 - 40
MLB AVG 46.0% 64.2% 47.4% 30.2% 25.4% 17.7% 74.6% 83.3% 57.7% 16.7% 12.1% 28.9% - 58.6%
Career 45.0% 62.4% 46.4% 27.7% 31.3% 16.7% 68.7% 76.2% 53.3% 16.0% 14.5% 30.5% - 57.6%

Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% iLoc% x-mLoc% oLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% aLoc% gLoc% mmLoc%
2022 KC 44.8% 29.8% 27.2% 43.0% 31.6% 24.5% 44.0% 37.4% 35.4% 6.6%
2023 KC 45.6% 29.7% 26.0% 44.3% 32.2% 22.0% 45.8% 39.2% 34.8% 6.6%
2024 KC 42.5% 31.8% 26.4% 41.8% 27.9% 22.5% 49.6% 41.1% 32.5% 7.6%
MLB Percentile 12 66 56 31 40 24 73 88 11 75
MLB AVG 46.0% 30.0% 26.1% 43.9% 29.7% 24.3% 46.0% 33.8% 40.0% 6.6%
Career 45.0% 29.9% 26.6% 43.5% 31.6% 23.1% 45.3% 38.6% 34.8% 6.7%

Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2022 KC 56.4% 13.4% 30.4% 11.4% 55.3% 45.1% 21.6% 24.9% 19.6%
2023 KC 58.2% 11.5% 30.7% 12.0% 64.7% 55.6% 21.2% 24.7% 22.7%
2024 KC 55.3% 15.4% 30.3% 12.8% 60.2% 52.0% 16.8% 25.0% 19.4%
MLB Percentile 84 89 43 28 40 59 15 48 51
MLB AVG 59.0% 11.8% 29.6% 14.9% 61.6% 50.6% 21.8% 25.2% 19.7%
Career 57.1% 12.7% 30.6% 11.8% 60.3% 50.7% 21.1% 24.8% 21.1%

PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL
2022 KC 2,196 4.97 44.8% 17.4% 37.8% 7.0% - 7.9 -7
2023 KC 2,440 5.00 45.0% 19.6% 35.4% 9.7% - -1.0 -9
2024 KC 409 5.11 46.0% 20.0% 34.0% 12.0% - -0.2 -1
MLB Percentile 63 37 16 70 67 67 - 32 23
MLB AVG 356 5.14 48.7% 18.6% 32.7% 16.0% - 2.5 +3
Career 5,045 5.00 45.0% 18.7% 36.3% 8.7% - 6.7 -18
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