Year | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG | Rate |
2025 proj | 460 | 100 | 53 | 17 | 51 | 49 | 135 | 4 | 0.217 | 15.3 |
2025 | 60 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0.083 | -5.8 |
2024 | 412 | 84 | 44 | 17 | 44 | 35 | 113 | 4 | 0.204 | 11.4 |
2023 | 533 | 125 | 65 | 16 | 56 | 62 | 170 | 6 | 0.235 | 20.7 |
Date | News |
7/29/25 | APTOPIX Braves Royals Baseball. Kansas City Royals left fielder MJ Melendez can't catch a force out hit into by Atlanta Braves' Nick Allen during the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, July 28, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. Source: https://www.bdtonline.com/sports/national_sports/a... |
7/11/25 | [Sports Illustrated] - Week 16 MLB Prospect Watch: MJ Melendez And Carlos Cortes Headline Outfielders. Explore the top outfield prospects making noise in Week 16, including MJ Melendez, Jack Suwinski, Carlos Cortes, and more rising stars. Source: https://sportspyder.com/mlb/oakland-athletics/arti... |
5/22/25 | Royals Urged To Call Up Surging 27-Year-Old To Boost Struggling Outfield. It doesn't take a baseball savant (no pun intended) to know that the Kansas City Royals' outfield isn't cutting the mustard. Royals outfielders have the fourth-worst fWAR in Major League Baseball at -0.6. Kansas City already shook up the outfield once this season when they demoted MJ Melendez to Triple-A, giving Drew Waters an opportunity to play more. It's paid off modestly, with Waters putting up a .281 average and 104 OPS+ through 35 games. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/royals/news/royals-urged-to... |
4/19/25 | Royals' MJ Melendez sent to AAA after tough start. The 26-year-old former second-round pick had struggled to find it with the bat to begin the campaign Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/royals-mj-melende... |
4/12/25 | Young Royals Outfielder Listed As Dead Weight On Team's Roster By MLB Writer. The Kansas City Royals have a 7-7 record after 14 games in the 2025 season. Tremayne Person of FanSided listed four players that are proving they don't belong on the roster. Among them was outfielder MJ Melendez. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/royals/news/young-royals-ou... |
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