Ivan Melendez #43

Attended the University of Texas from 2021-2022...2022 Golden Spikes Award winner after hitting .387 (96-for-248)/.863 SLG. with 18 doubles, 2 triples, 32 homers, 94 RBI and 52 walks over 67 games…became the first Longhorn in program history to win the award...Played two seasons at Odessa College from 2019-2020...Named the Dick Howser Trophy winner and awarded National Player of the Year by Baseball America, D1 Baseball, Collegiate Baseball, ABCA and Perfect Game.

2023

Hit .272 (103-for-379) with 22 doubles, 2 triples, 30 home runs, 76 RBI and 31 walks between High-A Hillsboro and Double-A Amarillo…his 30 homers led all D-backs farmhands and ranked in top 10 in the Minors...Named Northwest League Player of the Week on June 25 after becoming the first Hops player to hit for the cyle at Ron Tonkin Field on June 23 @ Everett...Promoted to Amarillo on July 13 and hit 4 home runs over his first 3 Double-A games…in 38 games with the Sod Poodles, batted .275 (42-for-153) with 5 doubles, 1 triple, 12 home runs, 33 RBI and 10 walks...Placed on the 7-day injured list from Sept. 6-29 with a strained left achilles tendon...Played for Salt River of the Arizona Fall League, batting .229 (19-for-83) in 21 games...Ranked as the D-backs' No. 7 prospect by MLB Pipeline.

2022

Hit .207 (18-for-87) with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 3 home runs, 8 RBI and 10 walks in 25 games with Low-A Visalia...Was originally drafted by the Marlins as a sixteenth round selection in 2021 but did not sign...Signed by the D-backs as second-round selection in the 2022 First Year Player Draft out of Texas.