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Brendan Donovan for MJ Melendez (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA  | MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 164 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 477 | # 1179 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 30 | 14 |
| Home Runs | 5 | 4 |
| RBI | 25 | 14 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .268 | .207 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL10 | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 136 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 119 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 207 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 132 | # 398 |
| Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA | MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 84 | 75 |
| Runs | 9 | 9 |
| Hits | 23 | 16 |
| Singles | 15 | 9 |
| Doubles | 4 | 3 |
| Triples | 1 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 3 | 3 |
| RBI | 8 | 9 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 1 |
| Walks | 11 | 9 |
| Strikeouts | 15 | 31 |
| Batting Average | .274 | .213 |
| On Base Pct | .386 | .326 |
| Slugging Pct | .452 | .400 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .839 | .726 |
| Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA | MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 215 | 108 |
| Runs | 30 | 14 |
| Hits | 58 | 22 |
| Singles | 40 | 13 |
| Doubles | 11 | 5 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 5 | 4 |
| RBI | 25 | 14 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 1 |
| Walks | 23 | 10 |
| Strikeouts | 35 | 35 |
| Batting Average | .268 | .207 |
| On Base Pct | .350 | .282 |
| Slugging Pct | .401 | .381 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .751 | .663 |
| Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA | MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | |
| News | ||
| Brendan Donovan does not hold a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | 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 Mariners placed Brendan Donovan on the 10-day injured list with a left groin muscle strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th | The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th | |
| Mariners manager Dan Wilson said Brendan Donovan could be available off the bench on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 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 remains out of the Mariners lineup on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, May 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 | |
| The Mariners say Brendan Donovan was scratched from Saturday's lineup due to load management. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA | MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ LAA | George Klassen (0-1) | #337 | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #152 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs HOU | Cody Bolton (0-1) | #396 | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | @ CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #276 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #340 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | vs WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #169 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #80 | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #236 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 |
| Mon, May 11th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #152 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #172 | vs NYY | Elmer Rodriguez (0-1) | #272 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #169 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips | |
| Mon, May 25th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #58 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #150 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 | vs MIA | Tyler Phillips | |
| Sun, May 31st | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 | vs MIA | John King | |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs NYM | Austin Warren | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #141 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ BAL | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ BAL | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ WSH | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ WSH | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ WSH | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs BAL | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs BAL | @ CIN | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs BAL | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs BOS | |||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs BOS | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs BOS | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ PIT | vs CHC | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ PIT | vs CHC | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ PIT | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CLE | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CLE | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CLE | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs LAA | @ TOR | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs LAA | @ TOR | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs LAA | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs TOR | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs TOR | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs TOR | @ ATL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ MIA | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ MIA | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ MIA | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ TB | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ TB | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ TB | vs BOS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SF | |||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SF | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SF | @ PHI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs CIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs CIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs CIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ TEX | vs LAD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ TEX | vs LAD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ TEX | vs LAD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ TEX | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ LAD | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ LAD | vs ATL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ LAD | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs MIN | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs MIN | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs MIN | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs DET | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs DET | @ CLE | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs DET | @ CLE | ||||
| 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 (3-6) | #83 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ CIN | |||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs CHC | |||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ TOR | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ ATL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 16th | @ PHI | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ ATL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs SD | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs MIL | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ MIA | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs PHI | |||||
