[Cormier] The New York Mets have agreed to a major-league deal with OF MJ Melendez. $1.5M plus $500K in incentives, per Jon Heyman.

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  3. He has an option which means he can start in AAA and hits the ball hard while playing fine COF defense

  4. Major league deal!? I mean it’s $1.5M, so can drop him whenever but …. I don’t get it.

  5. Interesting signing. We must see something in him. At this price we can cut him if it doesn’t work.

    His analytics from past seasons are somewhat promising and he is a former top prospect.

  9. I won 3 WS in 4 years on The Show with a Mets team powered by Bichette and Melendez so obviously we’re winning it all

  12. I thought this guy was a catcher. Interesting move he is our 4th/5th OF to keep the spot warm for Benge.

  16. I picked him up on my fantasy team because he was listed as a catcher despite playing outfield and he was so terrible that it still wasn’t worth it.

  17. I think those bench spots are super important but I’m not tracking this move. Seems 25 was his only good defensive year. Terrible hitter. He’s not a base stealer. I guess it’s neat he can play catcher? But we have Torrens?

    Like we seriously couldn’t get this guy on a split major league minor league deal?

  20. This is a quote from a Royals blog after he got released;

    “He was unplayably bad with a -14 wRC+ in 60 at-bats for the Royals and spent most of the year playing in Omaha. His release seemed as sure as anything.”

    -also said he was a former top prospect who got worse every year in the big leagues.

  21. He was supposed to be the successor to Salvador Perez but Perez decided to keep mashing and Melendez just ended up being a busted prospect. Hopefully Stearns and co see something in him to justify the $1.5m.

  25. I wanna know what the heck happened to him. He demolished 41 HR in a season in AA+AA while young for the level a few years ago.

  26. Depth, depth. What good is a depth player if they are so unplayable that they are dumped by the Royals. This guy should be paying US to be on the team instead of the other way around.

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