Lars Nootbaar or MJ Melendez
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| Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI  | MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 207 | 120 |
| Runs | 26 | 14 |
| Hits | 45 | 23 |
| Singles | 30 | 13 |
| Doubles | 10 | 5 |
| Triples | 1 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 4 | 4 |
| RBI | 21 | 11 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 1 |
| Walks | 33 | 17 |
| Strikeouts | 47 | 50 |
| Batting Average | .217 | .192 |
| On Base Pct | .324 | .315 |
| Slugging Pct | .333 | .350 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .657 | .665 |
| Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI | MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 423 | 92 |
| Runs | 58 | 11 |
| Hits | 103 | 19 |
| Singles | 65 | 11 |
| Doubles | 21 | 5 |
| Triples | 2 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 14 | 3 |
| RBI | 49 | 10 |
| Stolen Bases | 5 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 1 |
| Walks | 57 | 9 |
| Strikeouts | 99 | 29 |
| Batting Average | .242 | .210 |
| On Base Pct | .332 | .278 |
| Slugging Pct | .401 | .380 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .734 | .658 |
| Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI | MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | |
| News | ||
| Lars Nootbaar hit a pinch-hit long ball in the Diamondbacks 7-6 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th | The Mets sent MJ Melendez outright to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th | |
| The Cardinals have traded outfielder Lars Nootbaar to the D-backs. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd | The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd | |
| Lars Nootbaar is not in the Cardinals lineup on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th | The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th | |
| Lars Nootbaar went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with three RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 24th | 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 | |
| Lars Nootbaar went 1-for-2 in a win over the Braves with a home run, a walk, two runs scored, three RBI, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th | The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Lars Nootbaar LF,CF,RF,DH - ARI | MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #7 | vs PIT | Paul Skenes | #6 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #113 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow | #20 | vs PIT | Mitch Keller | |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs DET | Justin Verlander | #193 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy | #100 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs DET | Casey Mize | #48 | @ STL | Andre Pallante | #322 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs DET | Tarik Skubal | #2 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore | #101 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | #126 | @ SF | Robbie Ray | #94 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs ATL | Grant Holmes | #147 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle | #72 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder | #133 | @ SF | Landen Roupp | #93 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs ATL | Martin Perez | #248 | @ SF | Logan Webb | #19 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta | #52 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen | #194 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ NYM | David Peterson | #86 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson | #146 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean | #35 | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | #99 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo | #8 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn | #197 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez | #199 | |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ PHI | Zach Pop | vs ATH | Aaron Civale | #234 | |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ BAL | Dean Kremer | #74 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski | #242 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers | #61 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #7 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish | #50 | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani | #1 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs TOR | Braydon Fisher | #182 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera | #151 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs TOR | Max Scherzer | #155 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon | #184 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman | #27 | @ CHC | Javier Assad | #207 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs CWS | Sean Burke | #76 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson | #216 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay | #171 | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp | #91 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs CWS | Davis Martin | #141 | vs MIN | Joe Ryan | #67 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs SD | German Marquez | #419 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs SD | Michael King | #59 | vs COL | Chase Dollander | |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ MIL | Chad Patrick | #118 | vs WSH | Zack Littell | #285 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat | #203 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli | #40 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas | ||
| Fri, May 1st | @ CHC | Colin Rea | #215 | @ LAA | Walbert Urena | #252 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga | #24 | @ LAA | Reid Detmers | #34 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd | #53 | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz | |
| Tue, May 5th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler | #136 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs PIT | Paul Skenes | #6 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen | #420 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller | @ COL | Jose Quintana | #435 | |
| Fri, May 8th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean | #35 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson | #146 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes | #66 | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly | #139 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs NYM | Huascar Brazoban | #180 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez | #99 |
| Mon, May 11th | @ TEX | Jakob Junis | ||||
| Tue, May 12th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore | #38 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty | #110 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker | #131 | vs DET | Framber Valdez | #41 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland | #423 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler | #13 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #438 | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon | #46 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen | #420 | vs NYY | Elmer Rodriguez | #279 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs SF | Robbie Ray | #94 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin | #204 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs SF | Landen Roupp | #93 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin | #45 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle | #72 | @ WSH | Zack Littell | #285 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs COL | Zach Agnos | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli | #40 | |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #438 | @ MIA | Eury Perez | #33 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen | #420 | @ MIA | Max Meyer | #142 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs COL | Jose Quintana | #435 | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips | #272 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ SF | Landen Roupp | #93 | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo | #129 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle | #72 | vs CIN | Chase Burns | #21 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott | #98 | |
| Fri, May 29th | @ SEA | George Kirby | #25 | vs MIA | Max Meyer | #142 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo | #15 | vs MIA | Tyler Phillips | #272 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ SEA | Bryce Miller | #42 | vs MIA | John King | |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #113 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock | #71 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs LAD | Eric Lauer | #221 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert | #12 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani | #1 | @ SEA | George Kirby | #25 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski | #242 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin | #45 | @ SD | Michael King | #59 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs WSH | Zack Littell | #285 | @ SD | Griffin Canning | #166 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli | #40 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez | #245 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ MIA | Max Meyer | #142 | vs STL | Dustin May | #44 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ MIA | Ryan Gusto | #158 | vs STL | Andre Pallante | #322 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips | #272 | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins | #213 |
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo | #129 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider | #239 |
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ CIN | Rhett Lowder | #240 | vs ATL | Martin Perez | #248 |
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott | #98 | vs ATL | Bryce Elder | #133 |
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena | #252 | @ CIN | Chase Burns | #21 |
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers | #34 | @ CIN | Brady Singer | #154 |
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs LAA | Sam Aldegheri | #431 | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo | #129 |
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp | #91 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley | #49 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez | #3 |
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs MIN | Mike Paredes | #337 | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler | #5 |
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ STL | Andre Pallante | #322 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ STL | Kyle Leahy | #100 | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera | #151 |
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore | #101 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga | #24 |
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ TB | Nick Martinez | #78 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler | #5 |
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ TB | Cole Sulser | vs PHI | Tim Mayza | #132 | |
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen | #14 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo | #8 |
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle | #72 | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage | #253 |
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs SF | Landen Roupp | #93 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman | #27 |
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs SF | Trevor McDonald | @ TOR | Braydon Fisher | #182 | |
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison | #39 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes | #147 |
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff | @ ATL | Chris Sale | #4 | |
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat | #203 | @ ATL | Martin Perez | #248 |
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ SD | Walker Buehler | #226 | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez | #126 |
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ SD | German Marquez | #419 | vs KC | Seth Lugo | #107 |
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ SD | Michael King | #59 | vs KC | Steven Cruz | |
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ SD | Griffin Canning | #166 | vs KC | Michael Wacha | #68 |
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ LAD | Kyle Hurt | vs BOS | Sonny Gray | #28 | |
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #7 | vs BOS | Eduardo Rivera | #258 |
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #113 | vs BOS | Payton Tolle | #22 |
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy | #90 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs STL | Dustin May | #44 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo | #8 |
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs STL | Andre Pallante | #322 | @ PHI | Alan Rangel | #367 |
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs | #360 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #10 |
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs ATH | Jack Perkins | #149 | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat | #203 |
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs ATH | Gage Jump | #89 | @ MIL | Logan Henderson | #30 |
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ STL | Michael McGreevy | #90 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ WSH | Carson Palmquist | #412 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki | #75 |
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin | #45 | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #7 |
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan | #113 | |
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller | vs ATL | Martin Perez | #248 | |
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler | #136 | |||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ PIT | Jared Jones | #43 | vs ATL | Chris Sale | #4 |
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee | #56 | vs MIA | Janson Junk | #119 |
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ CLE | Parker Messick | #32 | vs MIA | Tyler Phillips | #272 |
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ CLE | Gavin Williams | #17 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara | #58 |
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs SD | Michael King | #59 | |||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs SD | Randy Vasquez | #245 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo | #77 |
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs SD | Casey Mize | #48 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee | #56 |
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs SD | Walker Buehler | #226 | @ CLE | Foster Griffin | #45 |
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki | #75 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski | #125 |
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | #7 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler | #136 |
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski | #242 | @ PIT | Jared Jones | #43 |
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs COL | Gabriel Hughes | #328 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder | #133 |
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #438 | @ ATL | Martin Perez | #248 |
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs COL | Ryan Feltner | #437 | @ ATL | Tyler Mahle | #72 |
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ ATL | Chris Sale | #4 | vs WSH | Andrew Alvarez | #156 |
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes | #147 | vs WSH | Brad Lord | #148 |
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder | #133 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin | #204 |
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ BOS | Alec Gamboa | vs SD | Walker Buehler | #226 | |
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez | #31 | vs SD | Robbie Ray | #94 |
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ BOS | Payton Tolle | #22 | vs SD | Michael King | #59 |
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo | #129 | @ CWS | Sean Burke | #76 |
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder | #240 | @ CWS | Luis Castillo | #109 |
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott | #98 | @ CWS | Sean Newcomb | #169 |
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs CHC | Kevin Gausman | #27 | |||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs CHC | Clay Holmes | #66 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison | #39 |
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd | #53 | vs MIL | Dustin May | #44 |
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ SF | Logan Webb | #19 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #10 |
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ SF | Blade Tidwell | #209 | vs HOU | Hunter Brown | #29 |
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ SF | vs HOU | Cristian Javier | #198 | ||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs PHI | Aaron Nola | #55 | @ TB | Ian Seymour | #51 |
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo | #8 | @ TB | ||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs PHI | Andrew Painter | #138 | @ TB | Freddy Peralta | #52 |
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ HOU | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ HOU | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ HOU | vs SF | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ KC | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ KC | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ KC | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs TEX | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs TEX | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs TEX | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs MIA | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs MIA | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs MIA | vs BAL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs NYY | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs NYY | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs NYY | vs PHI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ COL | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ COL | @ TEX | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ COL | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ SD | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ SD | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ SD | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski | #125 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen | #420 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #438 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | vs DET | Keider Montero | #153 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola | #55 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd | #53 | |||
| Thu, Jul 16th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola | #55 | |||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs MIA | Eury Perez | #33 | |||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs HOU | Ethan Pecko | #159 | |||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs PHI | |||||
