He’s the single-season home run king for the Texas Longhorns, and now he’s the all-time leader in round trippers for the ...

Ivan Melendez hit his 49th homerun to set a new franchise record while helping the Amarillo Sod Poodles defeat the Frisco ...

Former Odessa College Wrangler and current Amarillo Sod Poodle Ivan Melendez is now the team’s all-time home run leader ...

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Eight of Melendez's home runs came during April 2021, when he delivered several of his best performances of the season. Over the month, Melendez hit .412 with 27 RBI and 16 runs scored; Texas won ...

The Ivan Melendez he saw that day was a 6-foot-3 right-handed pitcher throwing 88-91 mph. He was thinner at the time but passed the eye test.

Ivan Melendez, the 6-foot-3, 225-pound slugger who personifies the name, walked into the Texas locker room in the fall one day and echoes of the nickname rained down on him.

In 2021 Melendez led the team with a batting average of .319. He had 13 home runs and a .603 slugging percentage. His stats saw him get drafted in the 16th round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Miami ...

Ivan Melendez is excited to be in his first big-league spring training with the Arizona Diamondbacks, not even two years out of college. He already has a sense of where he thinks he will start the ...

After the Travelers forced extra innings, Ivan Melendez stepped up to a plate and walked it off for Amarillo in the 11th inning. The final score was 4-3.

Ivan Melendez RHB/1B-3B, DOB 1/24/2000, 6'1" 220. Acquired: Round 2, 43rd overall in the 2022 Amateur Draft. Ivan Melendez came out of the University of Texas in 2022 as the first Golden Spikes ...

With a batting average of .404, Melendez is on pace to become the eighth Longhorn to hit .400 or better in a season and the first to do it since Dustin Majewski in 2002 (.401); Melendez is also on ...