Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Donovan for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 201	# 385
VBR	# 375	# 1261

Projections

Runs	17	2
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	14	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.264	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 184	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 256	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 151	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	84	120

Runs	9	14

Hits	23	23

Singles	15	13

Doubles	4	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	8	11

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	11	17

Strikeouts	15	50

Batting Average	.274	.192

On Base Pct	.386	.315

Slugging Pct	.452	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.839	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	122	17

Runs	17	2

Hits	32	4

Singles	23	2

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	14	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	1

Strikeouts	21	5

Batting Average	.264	.220

On Base Pct	.345	.285

Slugging Pct	.397	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.743	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Brendan Donovan is scheduled to resume his rehab assignment in High-A Everett on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Brendan Donovan is starting at second base in a rehab game for Triple-A Tacoma on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Brendan Donovan went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts on Friday in a rehab game for Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	The Mariners are transferring Brendan Donovan's rehab assignment to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Brendan Donovan went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts in his first rehab game on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st				@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Donovan for MJ Melendez (2026)

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