Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 169	# 384
VBR	# 786	‐

Projections

Runs	12	2
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	13	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.248	.156

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 187	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 131	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 135	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 244	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 188	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	229	120

Runs	23	14

Hits	60	23

Singles	40	13

Doubles	12	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	28	11

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	24	17

Strikeouts	38	50

Batting Average	.262	.192

On Base Pct	.339	.315

Slugging Pct	.415	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.753	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	98	16

Runs	12	2

Hits	24	3

Singles	15	2

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	13	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	2

Strikeouts	22	5

Batting Average	.248	.156

On Base Pct	.314	.229

Slugging Pct	.417	.281

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.510

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a home run, one double, one walk, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Mets sent MJ Melendez outright to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Carlos Cortes went 1-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 11th	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in a win over the Padres with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Carlos Cortes went 3-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 27th	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
	Carlos Cortes went 2-for-4 in Friday’s 8-1 win over the Rangers with two home runs, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Apr 25th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Cortes LF,RF,DH - ATH			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#146	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Cortes for MJ Melendez (2026)

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