Melendez was reassigned to minor-league camp by the Astros on Tuesday, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.
Melendez has spent the past two seasons with Double-A Corpus Christi, recording a 5.09 ERA and 1.51 WHIP across 81.1 frames. The 21-year-old lefty looked solid during his brief spring training stint, throwing three scoreless innings, striking out three batters without surrendering any hits.
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Astros' Jaime Melendez: Makes late-season return
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Melendez (undisclosed) returned from Double-A Corpus Christi's 7-day injured list Friday and struck out four while allowing two earned runs on two hits and two walks across 1.2 innings in his appearance against Arkansas later that day.
Melendez had been shelved for nearly five weeks with the unspecified injury, but he was at least able to make it back on the mound before Corpus Christi's season came to an end Sunday. He concludes the 2022 campaign with a 5.01 ERA, 1.52 WHIP and 106:52 K:BB across 73.2 innings at Double-A.
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Astros' Jaime Melendez: Goes on IL
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Double-A Corpus Christi placed Melendez on its 7-day injured list Thursday due to an unspecified injury.
Melendez presumably suffered the injury during his most recent appearance for Corpus Christi on Aug. 7. The 20-year-old right-hander sports a 4.88 ERA, 1.49 WHIP and 102:50 K:BB across 72 innings at Double-A on the season.
