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
	430	44	17	44	4	.208	.292

	157^th 421 PA	191^st 50 R	101^st 13 HR	179^th 48 RBI	193^rd 8 SB	312^th .246 AVG	245^th .312 wOBA

	K%	BB%	IPA%	HC%	xAVG	xwOBA
	24.4%	7.4%	25.8%	30.5%	.239	.330

	225^th 22.1% K%	194^th 8.1% BB%	195^th 26.0% IPA%	67^th 26.3% HC%	201^st .242 xAVG	108^th .314 xwOBA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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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	126	430	44	17	44	4	.208	.270	.408	.292	.330	77.9%	24.4%	7.4%	15.6%	.238	8.7%	38.3%	25.8%
MLB Percentile		62	55	42	69	47	39	11	7	59	29	67	11	35	43	68	6	64	51	43
MLB AVG		112	421	50	13	48	8	.246	.314	.402	.312	.314	84.0%	22.1%	8.1%	12.9%	.293	7.5%	38.1%	26.0%
Career		403	1,566	166	51	162	12	.221	.302	.399	.307	.334	76.7%	25.9%	10.2%	13.7%	.272	9.9%	41.4%	26.2%

Game Log

Date Range

Standard

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Year	Team	1B	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	K	BB	HBP	H	TB	HC	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	40	22	3	17	4	4	105	32	2	82	161	131	25
MLB Percentile		21	66	77	69	39	79	31	50	17	41	-	-	-
MLB AVG		61	18	2	13	8	2	92	35	5	94	122	113	22
Career		173	72	11	51	12	11	406	160	6	307	554	456	98

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	24.4%	7.4%	.208	.270	.408	.292	.200	.238	.239	.474	.330	.273	.409	112.9	89.6	14.5
MLB Percentile		35	43	11	7	59	29	-	6	41	82	67	36	77	-	71	60
MLB AVG		22.1%	8.1%	.246	.314	.402	.312	.156	.293	.242	.414	.314	.283	.367	110.7	87.4	13.2
Career		25.9%	10.2%	.221	.302	.399	.307	.178	.272	.238	.454	.334	.285	.412	113.2	90.8	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	43.6%	18.7%	37.7%	11.4%	30.4%	49.0%	29.0%	22.1%	20.9%	61.6%	20.8%	9.0%	8.7%	38.3%
MLB Percentile		49	9	71	28	10	89	10	28	87	-	11	93	64	51
MLB AVG		43.8%	22.1%	34.1%	9.8%	35.3%	41.6%	33.4%	24.9%	18.3%	61.8%	24.6%	6.2%	7.5%	38.1%
Career		41.3%	21.0%	37.7%	11.1%	33.2%	48.0%	31.7%	20.2%	17.8%	58.4%	24.0%	7.7%	9.9%	41.4%

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	.208	.292	.238	.283	.239	.330	.273	.409	91.2	89.6	14.5	15.6%	38.3%	25.8%
MLB Percentile		11	29	6	13	41	67	36	77	87	71	60	68	51	43
MLB AVG		.246	.312	.293	.324	.242	.314	.283	.367	88.4	87.4	13.2	12.9%	38.1%	26.0%
Career		.221	.307	.272	.309	.238	.334	.285	.412	91.8	90.8	15.7	13.7%	41.4%	26.2%

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	45.1%	65.1%	52.6%	31.6%	28.9%	20.9%	71.1%	77.9%	57.4%	12.5%	15.2%	27.7%	-	60.5%
MLB Percentile		36	60	84	41	28	87	28	11	49	89	17	60	-	77
MLB AVG		45.9%	64.4%	48.1%	30.6%	24.8%	18.3%	75.2%	84.0%	58.4%	16.3%	12.0%	28.3%	-	58.7%
Career		45.2%	63.2%	48.1%	28.7%	30.6%	17.8%	69.4%	76.7%	54.3%	15.1%	14.7%	29.8%	-	58.4%

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	45.1%	30.1%	26.7%	43.1%	33.3%	22.0%	44.7%	40.5%	32.8%	6.2%
MLB Percentile		36	70	72	23	76	2	46	77	21	23
MLB AVG		45.9%	28.5%	25.8%	45.7%	29.9%	24.7%	45.4%	34.4%	39.8%	6.7%
Career		45.2%	29.9%	26.6%	43.5%	32.3%	22.8%	44.9%	38.9%	34.4%	6.5%

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	55.0%	11.6%	33.7%	14.5%	63.6%	51.5%	16.0%	26.7%	17.8%
MLB Percentile		96	49	3	43	65	57	9	39	58
MLB AVG		58.9%	11.5%	30.0%	15.0%	62.3%	50.9%	21.4%	25.5%	18.8%
Career		56.7%	12.2%	31.4%	12.5%	61.2%	50.9%	20.0%	25.3%	20.2%

PLV

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Year	Team	P	PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	MTK%	HP	HL
2022	KC	2,196	4.98	44.8%	17.3%	37.9%	6.9%	-	7.9	-7
2023	KC	2,440	5.00	45.0%	19.6%	35.4%	9.6%	-	-1.1	-9
2024	KC	1,755	5.15	47.4%	19.1%	33.5%	13.9%	-	10.4	+1
MLB Percentile		57	60	33	47	63	63	-	47	21
MLB AVG		1,637	5.13	48.1%	19.1%	32.8%	15.3%	-	-	+15
Career		6,391	5.03	45.6%	18.7%	35.7%	9.9%	-	17.3	-15

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