Melotakis (oblique) was optioned to Triple-A Rochester Monday, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.
This shouldn't come as too much of a surprise, as Melotakis has been shut down since the start of camp with an oblique injury. He spent all of 2016 with Double-A Chattanooga, where he posted a 2.97 ERA with an impressive 42:12 K:BB across 33.1 innings. If the 25-year-old impresses at Triple-A, he could be in line for a call-up sometime in 2017.