Carson Benge or MJ Melendez

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Carson Benge or MJ Melendez Player Statistics
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	480	120

Runs	68	14

Hits	135	23

Singles	99	13

Doubles	17	5

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	16	4

RBI	53	11

Stolen Bases	19	0

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	38	17

Strikeouts	111	50

Batting Average	.281	.192

On Base Pct	.341	.315

Slugging Pct	.429	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.770	.665

Carson Benge or MJ Melendez Player Projections
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	345	92

Runs	47	11

Hits	83	19

Singles	53	11

Doubles	16	5

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	10	3

RBI	42	10

Stolen Bases	9	2

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	35	9

Strikeouts	83	29

Batting Average	.240	.210

On Base Pct	.311	.278

Slugging Pct	.391	.380

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.658

Carson Benge or MJ Melendez Player Notes
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Carson Benge went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Wednesday's 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th	The Mets sent MJ Melendez outright to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Carson Benge went 1-for-2 with a home run, two walks, one run scored and an RBI in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 16th	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Carson Benge is back in the Mets lineup on Sunday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Carson Benge is not in the Mets lineup on Saturday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	MJ Melendez went 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBI in the Mets 5-4 loss against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
	Mets’ interim manager Andy Green told reporters that X-rays on the injured wrist of Carson Benge came back negative for any fractures. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
Notes
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Carson Benge or MJ Melendez Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carson Benge LF,CF,RF - NYM			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ WSH