{"playerId":2174,"percentChange":0,"averageDraftPosition":260,"percentOwned":4.1,"playerRaterSEASON":2.7,"playerRater7DAY":0.3,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Melancon was saddled with his first loss of the season Tuesday at Atlanta, after giving up the winning run in the bottom of the tenth inning.","spin":"Melancon recorded just one out, walked one and hit a batter, before Andrelton Simmons won it for the Braves with a double. Melancon has given up only four runs in 30.1 innings this year, but two of those have come over his past 4.1 frames.","date":"Wed Jun 5"},"fullName":"Mark Melancon","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Melancon was a sneaky little pickup by the Pirates in the Joel Hanrahan deal, and considering that trade left Jason Grilli the last man standing as their closer, Melancon, an ex-closer himself, might quickly capture the role of next-in-line should Grilli falter. Don't take Melancon's surface rotisserie statistics too much to heart: His strikeout-to-walk rate actually rose (to 3.42), all of his luck-factor statistics were positively miserable (59.4 left-on-base percentage!) and he had a 4.19 ERA and 1.05 WHIP in 37 appearances to conclude last year following a brief Triple-A stint to regroup. Melancon still possesses the skills to contribute to NL-only teams, and with a hot-enough start (coupled with any missteps by Grilli), he could find himself back in the hunt for saves in time.","seasonId":2013,"date":"Thu Feb 21"},"playerRater30DAY":1.8,"playerRater15DAY":-0.6,"positionRank":28}