Who Should I Trade?

Chase DeLauter for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chase DeLauter CF,RF,DH - CLE	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	# 110	# 384
VBR	# 144	‐

Projections

Runs	20	‐
Home Runs	5	‐
RBI	22	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.268	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 118	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 107	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 110	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 84	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase DeLauter CF,RF,DH - CLE	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	358	120

Runs	42	14

Hits	100	23

Singles	66	13

Doubles	21	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	12	4

RBI	55	11

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	42	17

Strikeouts	56	50

Batting Average	.279	.192

On Base Pct	.352	.315

Slugging Pct	.444	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.797	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase DeLauter CF,RF,DH - CLE	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	148	‐

Runs	20	‐

Hits	40	‐

Singles	26	‐

Doubles	8	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	22	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	16	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Batting Average	.268	‐

On Base Pct	.340	‐

Slugging Pct	.436	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.776	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase DeLauter CF,RF,DH - CLE	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Chase DeLauter went 2-for-4 in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Diamondbacks with a double, a run scored, three RBI, and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 3rd	The Mets sent MJ Melendez outright to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Chase DeLauter went 1-for-5 in a 12-8 loss to the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 2nd	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Chase DeLauter went 1-for-3 in a 6-1 win over the Reds on Wednesday with two walks, one run scored, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 30th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Chase DeLauter went 0-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Chase DeLauter went 1-for-4 in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Pirates with a run scored, one RBI and a stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Chase DeLauter CF,RF,DH - CLE			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Apr 4th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Chase DeLauter for MJ Melendez (2026)

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