MJ Melendez Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Melendez's batting average is .250 but the quality of his contact projects .178, a gap of .072 he is currently outrunning.

65 plate appearances in 2026.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

60.6% of Melendez's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 99th percentile in the league.

65 plate appearances in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 5th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Melendez's quality of contact only supports a .178 expected average, 6th percentile in the league.

65 plate appearances in 2026. 6th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 395th in MLB.

This is the kind of hitter he is, in one line

Melendez trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 91st percentile barrel rate, 3rd percentile strikeout rate.

65 plate appearances in 2026. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2026.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Melendez strikes out in 36.9% of his trips, 3rd percentile.

65 plate appearances in 2026. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 410th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

15.2% of Melendez's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 91st percentile.

65 plate appearances in 2026. 91st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 38th in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Melendez hits the ball hard: 93.0 mph off the bat on average, 94th percentile in the league.

65 plate appearances in 2026. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 26th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Melendez's OPS+ of 124 puts him 78th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

65 plate appearances in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 94th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Melendez hits it hardest to his pull side: 97.2 mph on average there, against 91.6 up the middle.

16 batted balls to his pull side, 11 up the middle.

There is real damage in his bat

Melendez is slugging .446, 76th percentile in the league.

65 plate appearances in 2026. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 103rd in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Melendez finds a productive launch angle on only 30.3% of his contact, 24th percentile.

65 plate appearances in 2026. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 319th in MLB.

He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Melendez pulls 48.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 18.2%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

16 pulled, 11 up the middle and 6 the other way over 33 located batted balls.

Getting on base is what he does best

Melendez is on base at a .344 clip, 71st percentile in the league.

65 plate appearances in 2026. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 123rd in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Melendez walks in 10.8% of his plate appearances, 70th percentile.

65 plate appearances in 2026. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 128th in MLB.

The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Melendez averages 15.3 degrees off the bat: 42.4% of his contact is in the air and 36.4% of it is on the ground.

33 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Melendez swings it at 68.0 mph, 61st percentile bat speed in the league.

65 plate appearances in 2026. 61st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 165th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Melendez's fly balls travel 295 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 389.

17 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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