Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
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	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.157	.200

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	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
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	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	14	3

Runs	2	1

Hits	2	1

Singles	1	1

Doubles	0	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	0

Strikeouts	4	1

Batting Average	.157	.200

On Base Pct	.238	.200

Slugging Pct	.261	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.499	.400

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
News
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	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
	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
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			Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133
Tue, May 5th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for MJ Melendez (2026)

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