MJ Melendez's time with the Royals is over. Jonathan India will be back for another year. Kansas City non-tendered Melendez ...

The Kansas City Royals non-tendered MJ Melendez Friday. But KC fans should hope he follows in the footsteps of another Royals ...

The Kansas City Royals opted to not tender 2026 contracts to outfielder MJ Melendez and relief pitcher Taylor Clarke on ...

Melendez was once a top prospect in the Royals’ system, selected in the second round of the 2017 MLB Draft. He made his major ...

While India was a candidate to be non-tendered but instead remains on the 2026 roster, outfielder MJ Melendez and reliever ...

The deadline has passed for players to either tender contracts to arbitration eligible players or non-tender them, sending ...

Texas outfielder Adolis García, catcher Jonah Heim and right-hander Josh Sborz were among 66 players who became free agents ...

ATHLETICS (1) — JJ Bledey, of. BALTIMORE (1) — Albert Suárez, rhp. BOSTON (2) — Nathaniel Lowe, 1b; Josh Winckowski, rhp. CHICAGO (3) — Cam Booser, lhp; Tim Elko, 1b; Mike Tauchman, of. CLEVELAND (3) ...

Melendez had the potential to be a key lineup piece for Kansas City after clubbing 18 homers as a rookie in 2022 and posting a .714 OPS the following season, but he regressed the past two years. The ...

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