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 | -4.1 |
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... |
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