MJ Melendez
Syracuse Mets · No. 1 · DH

MJ Melendez

6' 0", 190 lbs·Age 27·Bats L / Throws R
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
TTO SluggerBig raw power with high swing-and-miss — homers, walks, and strikeouts.2022–2026 · 1,105 batted balls
2026 · 39 G
.208
AVG
.664
OPS
3
HR
8
RBI
22
H
15
BB
43
SO
0
SB
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Career Highs
.714
Best OPS · 2023
18
Most HR · 2022
62
Most RBI · 2022
.235
Best AVG · 2023
Career Arc · OPS
5 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jun 25210000.192
Jun 24410002.186
Jun 23300011.184
Jun 18300013.193
Jun 16200001.198
Jun 15100011.202
Jun 14200020.204
Jun 13310002.208
Jun 12310012.204
Jun 11310001.200

Career · Batting

5 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
20221294601862
20231485331656
20241354121744
2025236011
202656120411
Career491158556174
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

1,102 BBE · 2022–2026 · 91.8 mph avg EV · 10.2% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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