Who Should I Trade?

Akil Baddoo for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Akil Baddoo LF - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 1358	‐

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	2	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.157	.143

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 377	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Akil Baddoo LF - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	‐

Runs	14	‐

Hits	23	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	17	‐

Strikeouts	50	‐

Batting Average	.192	‐

On Base Pct	.315	‐

Slugging Pct	.350	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Akil Baddoo LF - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	14	11

Runs	2	1

Hits	2	2

Singles	1	1

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	4	3

Batting Average	.157	.143

On Base Pct	.238	.217

Slugging Pct	.261	.190

On-base Plus Slugging	.499	.408

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Akil Baddoo LF - MIL
News
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Brewers activated Akil Baddoo from the 60-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 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	Akil Baddoo is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Friday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	Akil Baddoo is on track to begin a minor league rehab assignment next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 7th
	Melendez signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal with New York in February after the Royals non-tendered him to open the offseason. He went 4-for-11 with two home runs in four spring games with the Mets but struggled at the World Baseball Classic with Team Puerto Rico, going 0-for-4 with two walks and two strikeouts. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 17th	The Brewers placed Akil Baddoo on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 24th
	MJ Melendez has signed a one-year deal with the New York Mets. The contract is worth $1.5 million with an additional $500K in incentives. David Leisering Sun, Feb 8th	Brewers outfielder Akil Baddoo (quad) will see Dr. William Raasch to map out a rehab plan. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM			Akil Baddoo LF - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs STL
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Akil Baddoo for MJ Melendez (2026)

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