His numbers in the minors & so far in the majors.
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He’s only 23 though Raf and he was probably one of the youngest players at each level he played at in the minors and he never struggled.

I could see him hitting 15-18 HRs, 30 or so doubles, driving in 75-80, walking about 65 times and hitting .295-.300. I don’t think that is a stretch to say that. That would probably put him in the 115-120 OPS+ range.

Melky’s problem last season was that he hit poorly in April and September:

April: .200 .237 .213 .451

Sept: .180 .236 .220 .456

but he hit very well from May 1st through August 31st:

.314 .369 .473 .842

If he is his poor months this season he can put up at least a .700 OPS, he will be fine, especially if, as he is doing now, he puts up a .900 OPS in his best months.

Do you think he’s not capable of that? and if so why?
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His numbers in the minors & so far in the majors.

I’d be surprised to see that. I’m thinking 100, no higher than 110
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That’s why I said it would be nice if he could settle in the 120 range, as the absolute ceiling.

Do you think he’s not capable of that? and if so why?

…it would be nice if he could settle in 120 range.
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I’d be surprised to see that. I’m thinking 100, no higher than 110

We’ll see after the season.

If he keeps it up, great; it can only help the team.
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Even I doubt that he will keep THAT line up for the whole season…but something slightly below that is certainly possible and would be an improvement.

Right now his OPS+ is 140, so to expect him to keep that up would be too high an expectation to me, but it would be nice if he could settle in 120 range.

Right now he has a line of .309avg/.380obp/.515slg, not bad for someone who we have seen people leave comments about as a “4th Outfielder”.
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We’ll see after the season.

If he keeps it up, great; it can only help the team.

Steve, thanks for giving it a go. Yeah, it does look like a mixed bag, doesn’t it?

In any case, count me as a Melky skeptic who has been pleasantly surprised by his continuing progress. We may very well have an above-average outfielder here!

Yeah it looks pretty mixed to me.

Melky has started off the season really well and is even hitting for power with 4 HRs. Right now he has a line of .309avg/.380obp/.515slg, not bad for someone who we have seen people leave comments about as a “4th Outfielder”.

The guy is young and it is early in the season but I hope he continues to improve and proves all the doubters wrong.