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Birth Date	3-28-1985
Height	6' 1"
Weight	215 lbs

Age	39 years, 0 months, 21 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2009	NYA	MLB	13	16.3	0	1	0	13	10	10	0	109	7.2	5.5	0.0	5.5	0%	.260	1.41	4.48	3.86	120	7.17	153.7	-0.4
2010	HOU	0	20	17.3	2	0	0	12	8	19	1	91	6.2	4.2	0.5	9.9	0%	.262	1.15	3.21	3.12	84	3.25	73.4	0.3
2010	NYA	0	2	4.0	0	0	0	7	0	3	1	121	15.8	0.0	2.3	6.8	0%	.400	1.75	4.79	9.00	114	5.62	127.0	0.0
2011	HOU	MLB	71	74.3	8	4	20	65	26	66	5	102	7.9	3.1	0.6	8.0	0%	.286	1.22	3.21	2.78	80	3.45	80.1	1.1
2012	BOS	MLB	41	45.0	0	2	1	45	12	41	8	104	9.0	2.4	1.6	8.2	0%	.285	1.27	4.53	6.20	88	3.77	86.4	0.5
2013	PIT	MLB	72	71.0	3	2	16	60	8	70	1	98	7.6	1.0	0.1	8.9	0%	.297	0.96	1.61	1.39	52	2.09	50.1	2.1
2014	PIT	MLB	72	71.0	3	5	33	51	11	71	2	100	6.5	1.4	0.3	9.0	0%	.258	0.87	2.06	1.90	61	2.09	51.4	2.1
2015	PIT	MLB	78	76.7	3	2	51	57	14	62	4	91	6.7	1.6	0.5	7.3	0%	.251	0.93	2.84	2.23	69	2.40	56.0	2.1
2016	PIT	0	45	41.7	1	1	30	31	9	38	2	95	6.7	1.9	0.4	8.2	49%	.257	0.96	2.70	1.51	71	2.64	58.5	1.1
2016	WAS	0	30	29.7	1	1	17	21	3	27	1	90	6.4	0.9	0.3	8.2	65%	.263	0.81	2.10	1.82	65	2.47	54.6	0.9
2017	SFN	MLB	32	30.0	1	2	11	37	6	29	3		11.1	1.8	0.9	8.7	54%	.374	1.43	3.24	4.50	71	2.75	58.5	0.8
2018	SFN	MLB	41	39.0	1	4	3	48	14	31	2	94	11.1	3.2	0.5	7.2	52%	.365	1.59	3.35	3.23	85	3.62	80.9	0.6
2019	ATL	0	23	21.0	1	0	11	22	2	24	1	99	9.4	0.9	0.4	10.3	62%	.339	1.14	1.78	3.86	60	2.21	44.8	0.7
2019	SFN	0	43	46.3	4	2	1	49	16	44	3	93	9.5	3.1	0.6	8.5	60%	.354	1.40	3.27	3.50	89	4.41	90.6	0.5
2010	TOT	MLB	22	21.3	2	0	0	19	8	22	2	97	8.0	3.4	0.8	9.3	0%	.000	1.27	3.51	4.22	90	3.70	83.4	0.3
2016	TOT	MLB	75	71.3	2	2	47	52	12	65	3	93	6.6	1.5	0.4	8.2	55%	.259	0.90	2.45	1.64	69	2.57	56.9	2.0
2019	TOT	MLB	66	67.3	5	2	12	71	18	68	4	95	9.5	2.4	0.5	9.1	61%	.349	1.32	2.81	3.61	80	3.72	76.9	1.2
Career		MLB	583	583.3	28	26	194	518	139	535	34	92	8.0	2.1	0.5	8.3	57%	.301	1.13	2.85	2.85	74	3.02	68.2	12.5

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2006	STA	A-	NYP	7	0	7.0	0	1	2	9	2	8	0	69	11.6	2.6	0.0	10.3	0%	.346	1.57	1.88	3.86	71	3.37	70.8
2008	TAM	A+	FSL	13	0	25.3	1	0	0	26	6	20	2	100	9.2	2.1	0.7	7.1	0%	.308	1.26	3.48	2.85	94	4.32	88.5
2008	TRN	AA	EAS	19	0	49.7	6	0	2	32	12	47	3	94	5.8	2.2	0.5	8.5	0%	.227	0.89	2.83	1.81	77	2.46	50.3
2008	SWB	AAA	INT	12	0	20.0	1	1	1	11	4	22	1	86	5.0	1.8	0.5	9.9	0%	.213	0.75	2.51	2.70	68	2.20	45.0
2009	NYA	MLB	AL	13	0	16.3	0	1	0	13	10	10	0	109	7.2	5.5	0.0	5.5	0%	.260	1.41	4.48	3.86	120	7.17	153.7
2009	SWB	AAA	INT	32	0	53.0	4	0	3	37	11	54	3	99	6.3	1.9	0.5	9.2	0%	.254	0.91	2.81	2.89	73	2.68	56.5
2010	HOU	MLB	NL	20	0	17.3	2	0	0	12	8	19	1	91	6.2	4.2	0.5	9.9	0%	.262	1.15	3.21	3.12	84	3.25	73.4
2010	NYA	MLB	AL	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	7	0	3	1	121	15.8	0.0	2.3	6.8	0%	.400	1.75	4.79	9.00	114	5.62	127.0
2010	ROU	AAA	PCL	3	0	4.3	1	0	1	5	1	2	0		10.5	2.1	0.0	4.2	0%	.313	1.40	3.34	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2010	SWB	AAA	INT	40	0	56.3	6	1	6	63	31	58	5		10.1	5.0	0.8	9.3	0%	.360	1.67	4.19	3.68	0	0.00	0.0
2011	HOU	MLB	NL	71	0	74.3	8	4	20	65	26	66	5	102	7.9	3.1	0.6	8.0	0%	.286	1.22	3.21	2.78	80	3.45	80.1
2012	BOS	MLB	AL	41	0	45.0	0	2	1	45	12	41	8	104	9.0	2.4	1.6	8.2	0%	.285	1.27	4.53	6.20	88	3.77	86.4
2012	PAW	AAA	INT	21	0	21.7	0	0	11	15	3	27	0		6.2	1.2	0.0	11.2	0%	.278	0.83	1.35	0.83	53	2.39	49.8
2013	PIT	MLB	NL	72	0	71.0	3	2	16	60	8	70	1	98	7.6	1.0	0.1	8.9	0%	.297	0.96	1.61	1.39	52	2.09	50.1
2014	PIT	MLB	NL	72	0	71.0	3	5	33	51	11	71	2	100	6.5	1.4	0.3	9.0	0%	.258	0.87	2.06	1.90	61	2.09	51.4
2015	PIT	MLB	NL	78	0	76.7	3	2	51	57	14	62	4	91	6.7	1.6	0.5	7.3	0%	.251	0.93	2.84	2.23	69	2.40	56.0
2016	PIT	MLB	NL	45	0	41.7	1	1	30	31	9	38	2	95	6.7	1.9	0.4	8.2	49%	.257	0.96	2.70	1.51	71	2.64	58.5
2016	WAS	MLB	NL	30	0	29.7	1	1	17	21	3	27	1	90	6.4	0.9	0.3	8.2	65%	.263	0.81	2.10	1.82	65	2.47	54.6
2017	SFN	MLB	NL	32	0	30.0	1	2	11	37	6	29	3		11.1	1.8	0.9	8.7	54%	.374	1.43	3.24	4.50	71	2.75	58.5
2017	SJO	A+	CAL	3	3	2.7	0	0	0	6	0	4	1	97	20.3	0.0	3.4	13.5	40%	.556	2.25	6.92	13.50	90	6.67	142.0
2017	SAC	AAA	PCL	1	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	86	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	50%	.000	1.00	6.72	0.00	116	4.41	93.9
2018	SFN	MLB	NL	41	0	39.0	1	4	3	48	14	31	2	94	11.1	3.2	0.5	7.2	52%	.365	1.59	3.35	3.23	85	3.62	80.9
2018	SAC	AAA	PCL	4	0	3.7	0	0	0	2	0	4	0		4.9	0.0	0.0	9.8	67%	.222	0.55	1.56	0.00	78	2.58	54.6
2019	ATL	MLB	NL	23	0	21.0	1	0	11	22	2	24	1	99	9.4	0.9	0.4	10.3	62%	.339	1.14	1.78	3.86	60	2.21	44.8
2019	SFN	MLB	NL	43	0	46.3	4	2	1	49	16	44	3	93	9.5	3.1	0.6	8.5	60%	.354	1.40	3.27	3.50	89	4.41	90.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2009	246	0.4878	0.3943	0.8351	0.5583	0.2381	0.8955	0.7000	0.1649
2010	349	0.4928	0.4499	0.7389	0.6279	0.2768	0.8889	0.4082	0.2611
2011	1095	0.4968	0.4584	0.7610	0.6011	0.3176	0.8624	0.5714	0.2390
2012	734	0.4864	0.4537	0.7748	0.6134	0.3024	0.8447	0.6404	0.2252
2013	988	0.4332	0.5314	0.7562	0.6776	0.4196	0.8966	0.5830	0.2438
2014	963	0.4226	0.5192	0.7100	0.6290	0.4388	0.8906	0.5205	0.2900
2015	1079	0.4374	0.5014	0.7542	0.6335	0.3987	0.8696	0.6116	0.2458
2016	1016	0.4646	0.4813	0.7607	0.6123	0.3676	0.8824	0.5850	0.2393
2017	502	0.4323	0.4562	0.7686	0.5991	0.3474	0.9077	0.5859	0.2314
2018	652	0.4678	0.4555	0.7677	0.6066	0.3228	0.8811	0.5804	0.2323
2019	1056	0.4318	0.4479	0.7378	0.6140	0.3217	0.8464	0.5803	0.2622
Career	8680	0.4551	0.4773	0.7544	0.6210	0.3560	0.8752	0.5792	0.2456

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2007-04-01	2007-09-05	Minors	157	0	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2006-10-31
2006-10-31	2006-10-31	Minors	0	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2006-10-31	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2024	ARI	$2,000,000
2023	ARI	$6,000,000
2022	ARI	$6,000,000
2021	SDN	$2,000,000
2020	ATL	$14,000,000
2019	SFN	$14,000,000
2018	SFN	$20,000,000
2017	SFN	$14,000,000
2016	PIT	$9,650,000
2015	PIT	$5,400,000
2014	PIT	$2,595,000
2013	PIT	$521,000
2012	BOS	$521,000
2011	HOU	$421,000

Years	Description	Salary
13 yr	Previous	$95,108,000
2019	Current	$2,000,000
14 yr	Pvs + Cur	$97,108,000
14 yr	Total	$97,108,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 98 d	ISE	2 years/$14M (2022-23), 2024 option

Details

2 years/$14M (2022-23), plus 2024 mutual option. Signed by Arizona as a free agent 11/30/21. 22:$6M, 23:$6M, 24:$5M mutual option ($2M buyout). Performance bonuses: $100,000 each for 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 games. $250,000 each for 55, 60 games.
1 year/$3M (2021), plus 2022 mutual option. Signed by San Diego as a free agent 2/18/21. 21:$2M, 22:$5M mutual option ($1M buyout). Performance bonuses based on games finished: $250,000 each for 20, 250, 30, 35 GF. $500,000 each for 40, 45 GF. Melancon declined 2022 option 11/5/21.
4 years/$62M (2017-20). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 12/16. $20M signing bonus ($12M at signing, $8M deferred). 17:$4M, 18:$10M, 19:$14M, 20:$14M. Melancon may opt out of contract after 2018 season. Full no-trade protection. At signing, highest average annual value ever for a relief pitcher. Acquired by Atlanta in trade from San Francisco 7/31/19 with $18,516,129 remaining on contract ($4,516,129 in 2019 and $14M in 2020).
1 year/$9.65M (2016). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 1/15/16 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Washington in trade from Pittsburgh 7/29/16 with $3,374,863 remaining on contract. Pirates paid Nationals $0.5M as part of the deal.
1 year/$5.4M (2015). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 1/16/15 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$2.595M (2014). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 1/17/14 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$521,000 (2013). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/1/13. Award bonuses, including $10,000 for All-Star selection.
1 year/$521,000 (2012). Signed by Boston 3/9/12. Acquired by Pittsburgh in trade from Boston 12/26/12.
1 year/$421,000 (2011). Re-signed by Houston 2/11. Acquired by Boston in trade from Houston 12/14/11.
1 year (2010). Re-signed by NY Yankees 3/12/10. Acquired by Houston in trade from NY Yankees 7/31/10
1 year (2009). Contract purchased by NY Yankees 4/25/09.
Drafted by NY Yankees 2006 (9-284) (Arizona). $600,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP
90^o	0	0	0	0	0	14.8	11	4	12	1	.248	1.07	3.00	3.38	0.0
80^o	0	0	0	0	0	9.6	8	3	8	1	.263	1.15	3.35	3.77	0.0
70^o	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	5	1	.273	1.21	3.60	4.05	0.0
60^o	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	3	0	.282	1.27	3.83	4.3	0.0
50^o	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	.290	1.32	4.04	4.54	-0.1
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2019-10-04 14:15:00 (link to chat)	I know he screwed up, and I know it wasn't the first time, but I still feel bad for Acuna. (Buddy from Peoria, IL)	Look, you gotta bust those in the playoffs. I generally think a lot of this is eyewash for 162, but leverage is leverage. It's not the end of the world, and it's an easy sell for dudes that don't want to ask Mark Melancon hard questions or whatever, but it's a bad look. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2017-04-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	20 team dynasty league with 25-man MLB and 25-man MiLB rosters. We're allowed to draft HS/NCAA kids for our farm system, I have the best team on paper by a country mile, and a tendency to win most of my deal (maybe I'm lucky, maybe I play with 19 rubes, maybe it's Maybeline). I have an absolutely filthy SP staff (Kluber, Thor, Strasburg, Verlander, Carrasco, Hamels, Nola, Matz, Giolito, Estrada). My potential trade begins with my offer of Nola, Matz, and a 2018 Rd 1 prospect pick for Seth Beer (OF, Clemson, 2018 class), Austin Beck (OF, HS, 2017) and either Mark Melancon or Evan Gattis. Trade partner is demanding 2 SPs for Beer or 3 for Beer + another player, and wants one of the 2-3 SPs to be Carrasco or better. This guy's biggest need is SP and I think my offer is more than fair. He thinks it's only fair I pay $1.20 on the $1.00 for once (for justice) and says no deal unless I bleed a bit... Who's being unreasonable? (Josh from Evanston)	You're right that your starting rotation is filthy for a 20-team dynasty. I'm not sure either side is being unreasonable as much as it's a realistic demand given the league context. No one really has any incentive to try and do a fair deal with you right now (especially if they're potentially helping you prolong your reign). Given your position, you might simply have to expect to overpay some in any deal given the way teams are likely to work with you. Again, I don't think either of you are unreasonable, but if 1) you have the best roster and 2) you generally win trades, it's going to be hard for you to get what looks like an even exchange on paper. (Eric Roseberry)
2017-04-11 19:00:00 (link to chat)	How long would you wait to freak out about a player's performance this season if they're just confirming troubling trends already in place (Shields walking people, Frazier popping pitches up, Giants bullpen being dead, just to throw some examples out) (jfegan from Progressive Field pressbox)	Happy you jim-jammed this question into the chat queue! I run the risk of running afoul of all of those studies evaluating how many PAs/IPs it takes before a given stat stabilizes by offering my own opinion. It's super context-specific, though. With regard to the Giants bullpen, I'm not worried at all if Mark Melancon gets off to a bad start. I suspect he'll be his usual, effective self. But the rest of the bullpen is a lot of the same guys as last year, no? Frazier is doomed to crater, as he's a power bat the White Sox acquired from outside the organization. That said, I guess freaking out is context dependent, too! How many disasters would have to befall the Cubs before you would reasonably start to worry about their ability to cruise into the playoffs? But if you're the aforementioned Giants you have a much smaller margin for error. Then again if you're a Giants fan maybe you should wait a decade or two before you freak out about anything. (Nick Schaefer)
2016-04-21 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Have one slot available to go dumpster diving for future saves. Who would you pickup: Andrew Bailey or Caleb Cotham? Any other dark horses you like out there? Cheers (Red Phil from Closer to you)	I took Bailey in the one 12-team mixed I do, but this is because it's first come/first serve and Cotham was gone. I like Cotham better. The free agent pool in all of my leagues looks pretty dire, and most of the alluring names have already been taken. You can try Neftali Feliz if he's there, even though I believe in Mark Melancon and think he'll be fine. (Mike Gianella)
2015-04-16 17:00:00 (link to chat)	The next closer to lose his job is...? Next pitcher to get tommy-John is...? (Gabe from The quickening)	Mark Melancon if the velocity doesn't come back soon. Impossible to guess. Mat Latos would seem like the guess if he didn't already have a separate, known issue. (Mike Gianella)
2014-03-14 09:00:00 (link to chat)	Mike, who do you foresee getting more saves this year between grilli and janssen? (chopper from indy)	Hey chopper. At the moment, I'd go with Jason Grilli. Casey Janssen's health gets me a little nervous, and Sergio Santos -if healthy - might be the best arm in that pen. But Mark Melancon is a risk for Grilli's saves too. I'm leaning Grilli here, not strongly endorsing. (Mike Gianella)
2014-01-21 18:00:00 (link to chat)	Any good non-closer RP that should be targeted in NL only for $1? (craneplace from The Present)	In NL-only for $1 you really could grab a number of quality middle relievers and be happy. If you're asking from a saves perspective, I like Vic Black on the Mets, Mark Melancon on the Pirates and Pedro Strop on the Cubs. I don't know if any of those guys will go for $1, but they could get saves. A.J. Ramos is another guy who could be a "post-hype" saves guy and pick up a few or get the job if Steve Cishek gets traded or is ineffective. (Mike Gianella)
2014-01-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	On the NL side, who are some of the closers that are a year a way? (Willy from Under the Christmas tree)	Rex Brothers, unfortunately since they're going with Hawkins. Mark Melancon, Tyler Clippard, too.. but most of the closer volatility is in the AL. Nick Vincent is a super-sleeper in SD if he can figure out lefties again like he did in 2012. (Paul Sporer)
2013-03-15 13:00:00 (link to chat)	True or False. Mark Melancon will be the Pirates closer by the end of the year. Do you like how he's been throwing? (Roman from Bloomington)	I'll say he'll get some saves but I won't say he'll be named closer. Haven't seen him this spring, but I like his stuff. He's got a great breaking ball and cuts his fastball (can sink it, too). (Harry Pavlidis)
2013-02-27 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Who are some underrated closers to target later in drafts? Do you like Casey Janssen or Jason Grilli? (zissou from naples)	Grill probably falls into the underrated category. There is a lot of noise about Mark Melancon taking Grilli's job, but Grilli's numbers were solid last year and if he's healthy he probably hangs on. Greg Holland's walk rate was high last year, but the other numbers were strong and like Grilli the noise about Holland's set-up might keep the price low. Tom Wilhelmsen is a somewhat low profile but proved himself in 2012. I like Janssen if the health is there but the health gets me nervous. At least at the moment. (Mike Gianella)
2011-06-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Just recently made a trade in one of my fantasy leagues. I get Mark Melancon and Brandon Lyon, but I give up Rick Porcello. I plan to have Melancon and Lyon replace Matt Guerrier and Phil Coke, and I will replace Porcello with James McDonald. Thoughts? (Big Bob from Cleveland)	My first thought is that the Yankees might like to have Melancon right about now. Sounds like a plan to me, though I know the fantasy cognoscenti always say it's easy to find saves. (Ben Lindbergh)
2011-06-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)	If Capps keeps dropping the ball, so to speak, who's next in line for saves there? (Sully from Los Angeles, CA)	I guess it's still not time to go back to Joe Nathan, ay? I don't know, and I'm not sure that it matters in real-world terms. Even with as much life as they've shown lately, the Twins are 11.5 games out and don't have the ammo to make a real push. Closers will come--just look at the Astros and Mark Melancon... Who the Yankees threw away. (Steven Goldman)
2010-06-28 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you think Joe Girardi, grand architect of bullpens the past two years, can work some magic this season? At what point do the Yankees finally allow Mark Melancon (or Jonathan Albaladejo) to push Park/Logan out of the picture? (Adam from NY)	I hope so, but right now I'm not terribly optimistic that they've got the solutions on hand. Albaladejo ain't it, and I'm skeptical Melancon's it either - they're going to have to go outside the organization to get an arm or two. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-06-08 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Joe- With Rivera 39 years old, who might the Yanks transition into his successor -- spend a lot on a "proven" closer or let someone like Aceves take over? (Rich from Evanston)	I think Mark Melancon will be the heir apparent in 2011, although it's not entirely clear that Rivera is going to be done by then. 29/1 K/UIBB this year; is the HR rate a blip or the Hoffmanesque sign of decline? (Joe Sheehan)
2009-06-03 15:00:00 (link to chat)	What do the Yankees need to do to hold onto (I know its early) a playoff spot? Sort through their pile of middle relief arms? Or do they need to make a trade? Anything else they should address? Do you think the improved defense and increased Ks mean they are less likely to crash out of the Division Series, as they did in '02, '05-'07? (Nick Stone from New York, NY)	Hey Nick! The Yanks certainly need to fortify their bullpen, and in the forthcoming BP/ESPN soup du jour I've advocated they try Phil Hughes in relief once Chien-Ming Wang reclaims his starting job. I'd also like to see them give Mark Melancon another look, but I suspect they probably need to get an experienced arm from outside the organization if Brian Bruney's not going to be back anytime soon. The improved D and high-K staff are nice, but they're compromised by the homer-iffic tendencies of the staff, particularly the bullpen. Until we see Sabathia, Chamberlain and Burnett all firing on the requisite cylinders, I don't think they've got anything that guarantees them a playoff spot, let alone a ride through to the LCS round. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-05-12 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi Steven. Do you think the Yankees should trade or release Veras and Ramirez? (Kevin from Texas)	My coffee finally arrived... It's easy to get frustrated with Veras and Ramirez, particularly the latter because he's so vulnerable to the home run. He's been a mess this year, with more walks than he can sustain, more than anyone this side of Nolan Ryan could sustain, and the longball rate is insane. He shouldn't be released, nor should Veras, but there's certainly an argument to be made for sending him down given that he's done just about nothing right so far. The question is, who do you replace him with? The Yankees have already sorted through Mark Melancon and Dave Robertson and are now looking at Brett Tomko for goshsakes. Steve Jackson sat in the pen for two weeks without being tried like he had been blacklisted or something... Veras's problem has always been control, and it's probably worth giving him more time to get it locked down again. Unlike Ramirez, he's not a gimmick pitcher. (Steven Goldman)
2009-04-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What is my role in the Yankees bullpen going forward, 2009 and beyond? (Mark Melancon from NY)	I highly doubt you're really Mark Melancon. (John Perrotto)

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Mark Melancon threw 11,362 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2009 and 2023, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2023, he relied primarily on his Cutter (88mph) and Curve (78mph). He also rarely threw a Splitter (82mph).