Timothy Macgill Melville (born October 9, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, and San Diego Padres.\n', '

Melville attended Wentzville Holt High School in Wentzville, Missouri. He played for the school\'s baseball team as a pitcher. In 2007, his junior year, he threw a perfect game. He pitched to a 10–1 win–loss record and a 0.89 earned run average (ERA) as a junior, and was named the Aflac National Player of the Year. He pitched to an 8–1 win–loss record and a 2.56 ERA in his senior year, while recording 89 strikeouts in 57 innings pitched. He committed to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) to play for the North Carolina Tar Heels on a college baseball scholarship.\n', '

Baseball America ranked Melville as the best high school player available in the 2008 Major League Baseball draft. Because of the commitment to UNC, Melville fell out of the first round in the draft. The Kansas City Royals selected him in the fourth round, with the 115th overall selection, and signed him to a contract with a $1.25 million signing bonus.\n', '

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