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MJ Melendez

Positions: Outfielder and Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: November 29, 1998 in Daytona Beach, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft from Westminster Christian School (Miami, FL).

High School: Westminster Christian School (Miami, FL)

Debut: May 3, 2022 (Age 23-155d, 22,628th in major league history)
vs. STL 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2022 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 1.153 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2029

National Team: us USA (18U)

Full Name: Mervyl Samuel Melendez

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.5

-0.4

151

1144

252

.179

.220

135

RBI

130

OBP

.239

.305

SLG

.338

.388

OPS

.577

.693

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2023 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2023 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 30	KCR		MIN	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 1	KCR		MIN	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 3	KCR		TOR	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
4	6 (1)	Apr 5	KCR		TOR	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	7	Apr 6	KCR		TOR	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
6	8	Apr 7	KCR	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	9	Apr 8	KCR	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	10	Apr 9	KCR	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
9	12 (1)	Apr 11	KCR	@	TEX	L,5-8	GS	42	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
10	13	Apr 12	KCR	@	TEX	W,10-1	GS	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	14	Apr 14	KCR		ATL	L,3-10	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	15	Apr 15	KCR		ATL	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	16	Apr 16	KCR		ATL	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
14	17	Apr 17	KCR		TEX	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	18	Apr 18	KCR		TEX	L,2-12	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	19	Apr 19	KCR		TEX	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
17	20	Apr 21	KCR	@	LAA	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	21	Apr 22	KCR	@	LAA	W,11-8	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	22	Apr 23	KCR	@	LAA	L,3-4	GS	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	26 (3)	Apr 27	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
21	27	Apr 28	KCR	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	28	Apr 29	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
23	29	Apr 30	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-8	GF	10	3.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	30	May 2	KCR		BAL	L,7-11	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	31	May 3	KCR		BAL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	32	May 4	KCR		BAL	L,10-13	CG	47	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
27	33	May 5	KCR		OAK	L,8-12	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	34	May 6	KCR		OAK	L,4-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	35	May 7	KCR		OAK	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	36	May 8	KCR		CHW	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	37	May 9	KCR		CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	38	May 10	KCR		CHW	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	40 (1)	May 12	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	41	May 13	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
35	42	May 14	KCR	@	MIL	L,6-9	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	44 (1)	May 16	KCR	@	SDP	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
37	45	May 17	KCR	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	46	May 19	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	47	May 20	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	48	May 21	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	49	May 22	KCR		DET	L,5-8	CG	50	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	50	May 23	KCR		DET	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	51	May 24	KCR		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	52	May 26	KCR		WSN	L,10-12	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	53	May 27	KCR		WSN	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
46	54	May 28	KCR		WSN	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	55	May 29	KCR	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	56	May 30	KCR	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	57	Jun 2	KCR		COL	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	58	Jun 3	KCR		COL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	59	Jun 4	KCR		COL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	60	Jun 5	KCR	@	MIA	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	61	Jun 6	KCR	@	MIA	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	62	Jun 7	KCR	@	MIA	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	63	Jun 9	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	64	Jun 10	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	65	Jun 11	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-11	GS	38	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	66	Jun 12	KCR		CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	67	Jun 13	KCR		CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	68	Jun 14	KCR		CIN	L,4-7	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	69	Jun 16	KCR		LAA	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	70	Jun 17	KCR		LAA	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	72 (1)	Jun 19	KCR	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	73	Jun 20	KCR	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	75 (1)	Jun 22	KCR	@	TBR	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
66	76	Jun 23	KCR	@	TBR	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	77	Jun 24	KCR	@	TBR	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	78	Jun 25	KCR	@	TBR	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	79	Jun 27	KCR		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	80	Jun 28	KCR		CLE	L,1-14	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	81	Jun 29	KCR		CLE	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
72	82	Jun 30	KCR		LAD	L,3-9	GS	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	84 (1)	Jul 2	KCR		LAD	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	85	Jul 3	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	86	Jul 4	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	87	Jul 5	KCR	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
77	88	Jul 6	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	89	Jul 7	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	90	Jul 8	KCR	@	CLE	L,6-10	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	91	Jul 9	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
81	92	Jul 15 (1)	KCR		TBR	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	93	Jul 15 (2)	KCR		TBR	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	95 (1)	Jul 17	KCR		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	96	Jul 18	KCR		DET	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
85	98 (1)	Jul 20	KCR		DET	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	99	Jul 21	KCR	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	100	Jul 22	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	101	Jul 23	KCR	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	102	Jul 24	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	104 (1)	Jul 26	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	105	Jul 28	KCR		MIN	W,8-5	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	106	Jul 29	KCR		MIN	W,10-7	GS	31	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
93	107	Jul 30	KCR		MIN	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	108	Aug 1	KCR		NYM	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	109	Aug 2	KCR		NYM	W,4-0	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	110	Aug 3	KCR		NYM	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	111	Aug 4	KCR	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
98	113 (1)	Aug 6	KCR	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	115 (1)	Aug 8	KCR	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	116	Aug 9	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	117	Aug 10	KCR	@	BOS	L,0-2	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	118	Aug 11	KCR		STL	W,12-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	119	Aug 12	KCR		STL	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	120	Aug 14	KCR		SEA	W,7-6	GS	23	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	121	Aug 15	KCR		SEA	L,8-10	GS	49	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
106	122	Aug 16	KCR		SEA	L,5-6	GS	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	123	Aug 17	KCR		SEA	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
108	126 (2)	Aug 20	KCR	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
109	127	Aug 21	KCR	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	129 (1)	Aug 23	KCR	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	130	Aug 25	KCR	@	SEA	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	132 (1)	Aug 27	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
113	133	Aug 28	KCR		PIT	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
114	135 (1)	Aug 30	KCR		PIT	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	137 (1)	Sep 2	KCR		BOS	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	139 (1)	Sep 4	KCR		CHW	W,12-1	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	140	Sep 5	KCR		CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
118	141	Sep 6	KCR		CHW	L,4-6	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	142	Sep 8	KCR	@	TOR	L,4-5	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	143	Sep 9	KCR	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
121	144	Sep 10	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	145	Sep 12 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
123	147 (1)	Sep 13	KCR	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	148	Sep 15	KCR		HOU	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	149	Sep 16	KCR		HOU	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
126	150	Sep 17	KCR		HOU	L,1-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
127	151	Sep 18	KCR		CLE	W,6-4	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
128	152	Sep 19	KCR		CLE	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
129	154 (1)	Sep 22	KCR	@	HOU	W,7-5	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	155	Sep 23	KCR	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
131	157 (1)	Sep 26	KCR	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
132	159 (1)	Sep 28	KCR	@	DET	L,3-7	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	161 (1)	Sep 30	KCR		NYY	L,2-5	GS	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	162	Oct 1	KCR		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							141gm		1112.1	324	12	9	345	1