Despite efforts to improve the outfield during the offseason, the Royals entered the 2025 season with a most underwhelming trio roaming the beautiful green grass of Kauffman Stadium.
In left field, there was MJ Melendez, a former minor-league catcher who once popped 41 home runs in a season across AA and AAA, but who’s never found his footing in the majors. Melendez has never posted an OPS above league-average, coming closest his rookie year when it was .706. His OPS rose the next year, but not enough to keep with the league, and it’s cratered since then, to the point where his OPS+ in 2025, before demotion, was a staggering 0, much like Senator Blutarsky’s GPA at Faber College.