IP 17
ERA 4.765
WHIP 1.294
BB/9 5.824
SO/9 10.588
  • Full name Jonathan Michael Meloan
  • Born 07/11/1984 in Houston, TX
  • Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 225 / Bats: R / Throws: R
  • School Arizona
  • Debut 09/01/2007
  • Drafted in the 5th round (166th overall) by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2005 (signed for $155,000).
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    As a hard-throwing high school senior in Houston in 2002, Meloan wasn't drafted even though he led area schools in strikeouts per inning and threw a 20-strikeout no-hitter, the third of his career. He managed to get lost in the shuffle in a year when the Houston prep ranks had a pitching class for the ages, producing first-rounders Clint Everts (Expos), Scott Kazmir (Mets) and James Loney (Dodgers, who developed him as a first baseman), along with projected 2005 first-rounder Mark McCormick, who would have been a first-rounder had he not been committed to attending college. Meloan's problem in high school was wildness. He would just as easily walk eight or nine hitters a game as strike out 16. He still averages a walk every two innings, but scouts say he's now effectively wild and over the last two years as the ace of the Wildcats staff, he has gone 18-2. He's always had good stuff and has four average, nearly equal offerings, including a 90-91 mph fastball that touches 93-94, along with a knuckle-curve, cutter and changeup. In 91 innings, he had 49 walks and 108 strikeouts. Meloan is well built for a pitcher, and scouts say he is almost too strong for his own good. If anything, he needs to work at losing weight to get lighter and looser.

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  • Rated Best Reliever in the Southern League in 2007
  • Rated Best Slider in the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2007

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