Who Should I Trade?

Bryan De La Cruz for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Bryan De La Cruz LF - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 1328	# 1220

Projections

Runs	2	4
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	2	5
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.181	.235

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	Bryan De La Cruz LF - PHI
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	Bryan De La Cruz LF - PHI
2026 Projections


At Bats	17	37

Runs	2	4

Hits	3	9

Singles	2	6

Doubles	1	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	2	5

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	2

Strikeouts	6	10

Batting Average	.181	.235

On Base Pct	.256	.284

Slugging Pct	.319	.394

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.677

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Bryan De La Cruz LF - PHI
News
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Phillies are expected to call up Bryan De La Cruz from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Bryan De La Cruz signed a Major League deal with the Phillies on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	The Phillies reassigned OF Bryan De La Cruz to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM			Bryan De La Cruz LF - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#274
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD			vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs TB
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan De La Cruz for MJ Melendez (2026)

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