Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Marsh for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Marsh LF,CF,RF - PHI	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 101	# 384
VBR	# 124	‐

Projections

Runs	21	2
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	20	2
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.264	.156

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 107	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 121	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 107	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 116	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Marsh LF,CF,RF - PHI	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	394	120

Runs	57	14

Hits	110	23

Singles	77	13

Doubles	15	5

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	16	4

RBI	49	11

Stolen Bases	10	0

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	22	17

Strikeouts	111	50

Batting Average	.279	.192

On Base Pct	.318	.315

Slugging Pct	.449	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.768	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Marsh LF,CF,RF - PHI	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	153	16

Runs	21	2

Hits	40	3

Singles	27	2

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	20	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	2

Strikeouts	47	5

Batting Average	.264	.156

On Base Pct	.332	.229

Slugging Pct	.428	.281

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.510

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Marsh LF,CF,RF - PHI	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Brandon Marsh went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles, one RBI, a steal, and a run scored in Saturday's 5-0 win over the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 2nd	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Brandon Marsh went 1-for-3 with a single, a walk, a steal, and one run scored in Sunday's 11-4 win over the Yankees. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 27th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Brandon Marsh went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Monday's 10-7 win against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Brandon Marsh went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and two runs scored in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Brandon Marsh went 2-for-5 with a pair of solo homers in Monday's 11-7 loss to the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 30th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Marsh LF,CF,RF - PHI			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Aug 14th				vs WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Marsh for MJ Melendez (2026)

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