After Sunday’s 6-4 loss to the Yankees, they announced they will call up catcher MJ Melendez and place catcher Cam Gallagher on the 10-day Injured List. Gallagher left Sunday’s game with what was later confirmed as a grade-2 hamstring strain.
Melendez was a second-round pick out of high school in the Miami area in 2017 and led all minor leaguers with 41 home runs last year. He has skyrocketed onto prospect lists, ranking as the #42 prospect before the season by Baseball America after hitting .288/.386/.625 with 75 walks in 531 plate appearances across Double-A and Triple-A.
MJ Melendez to the deepest part of the opposite field for his first HR of the season.