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Chris Taylor for MJ Melendez (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM  | Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 385 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 1360 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 2 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 0 | ‐ |
| RBI | 2 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .183 | ‐ |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | MiLB | RET |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 377 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 458 | ‐ |
| MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA | |
| 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 | ‐ |
| MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 15 | ‐ |
| Runs | 2 | ‐ |
| Hits | 3 | ‐ |
| Singles | 1 | ‐ |
| Doubles | 1 | ‐ |
| Triples | 0 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 0 | ‐ |
| RBI | 2 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | ‐ |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | ‐ |
| Walks | 1 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 5 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .183 | ‐ |
| On Base Pct | .256 | ‐ |
| Slugging Pct | .331 | ‐ |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .587 | ‐ |
| MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA | |
| News | ||
| The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th | Chris Taylor announced on social media that he is officially retiring. Ari Koslow Sun, May 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 | Chris Taylor changed his mind on retirement and has been placed on the minor league injured list with a left forearm fracture. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd | |
| The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th | Chris Taylor has announced his retirement after 12 big league seasons. He played primarily with the Dodgers, but also spent time with the Mariners and Angels. David Leisering Fri, May 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 | The Angels re-signed utility man Chris Taylor to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th | |
| 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 | Veteran utilityman Chris Taylor has re-signed with the Los Angeles Angels. It's unclear whether the deal is a major league contract or a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. David Leisering Thu, Feb 12th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | Chris Taylor 2B,LF,CF,RF - FA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (9-9) | #3 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (6-7) | #134 | |||
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3) | #135 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (7-4) | #115 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ STL | Andre Pallante (11-6) | #136 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (5-7) | #96 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ SF | Robbie Ray (9-6) | #68 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (2-9) | #85 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (7-8) | #60 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ SF | Logan Webb (5-7) | #19 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-9) | #180 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (3-5) | #204 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3) | #107 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (8-6) | #146 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (5-4) | #187 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-7) | #186 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (11-2) | #65 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6) | #11 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (8-2) | #1 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (5-4) | #117 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #103 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ CHC | Javier Assad (6-1) | #219 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7) | #347 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (2-5) | #109 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (6-6) | #15 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-9) | #432 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | ||||
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs WSH | Zack Littell (7-8) | #178 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (7-4) | #55 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (3-7) | #332 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (6-7) | #313 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (3-7) | #39 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-5) | ||||
| Mon, May 4th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4) | #433 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-9) | #432 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (3-5) | #204 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly (8-8) | #123 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3) | #107 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (3-8) | #73 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (5-7) | #33 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | vs DET | Keider Montero (7-5) | #145 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (10-6) | #18 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (4-2) | #78 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | vs NYY | Elmer Rodriguez (0-2) | #258 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #182 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (12-2) | #49 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | @ WSH | Zack Littell (7-8) | #178 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (7-4) | #55 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ MIA | Eury Perez (5-8) | #40 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ MIA | Max Meyer (9-1) | #87 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips (2-5) | #278 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (3-2) | #82 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | vs CIN | Chase Burns (12-1) | #22 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (5-6) | #97 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (9-1) | #87 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | vs MIA | Tyler Phillips (2-5) | #278 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | vs MIA | John King | ||||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (6-4) | #98 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (8-6) | #10 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ SEA | George Kirby (8-8) | #21 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ SD | Michael King (6-7) | #52 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (1-9) | #176 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (6-6) | #268 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs STL | Dustin May (5-7) | #45 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (11-6) | #136 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins (2-1) | #168 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (4-2) | #300 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (6-6) | #169 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (6-6) | #149 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (12-1) | #22 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ CIN | Brady Singer (5-9) | #157 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (3-2) | #82 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-8) | #59 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (12-4) | #4 | |||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (10-2) | #6 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera (5-4) | #117 | |||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (7-8) | #27 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd (6-1) | #38 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (10-2) | #6 | |||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs PHI | Tim Mayza (2-3) | #171 | |||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (9-5) | #8 | |||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (4-5) | #79 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-9) | #28 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ TOR | Braydon Fisher (3-3) | #156 | |||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (6-4) | #158 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (11-6) | #5 | |||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (6-6) | #169 | |||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (4-3) | #92 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (4-6) | #140 | |||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs KC | Steven Cruz | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (5-7) | #70 | |||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (12-2) | #29 | |||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs BOS | Eduardo Rivera (0-1) | #275 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (5-6) | #53 | |||
| Thu, Jul 16th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-8) | #59 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (9-5) | #8 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ PHI | Alan Rangel (0-3) | #309 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (10-4) | #9 | |||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (3-5) | #148 | |||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (4-1) | #48 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (4-5) | #102 | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6) | #11 | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (4-7) | #36 | |||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (6-6) | #169 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (11-6) | #5 | |||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (6-4) | #158 | |||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (5-8) | #40 | |||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs MIA | Janson Junk (4-6) | #112 | |||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs MIA | Tyler Phillips (2-5) | #278 | |||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (10-6) | #57 | |||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (10-5) | #24 | |||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ CLE | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ CLE | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ PIT | |||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ PIT | |||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ PIT | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ ATL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ ATL | |||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs WSH | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs WSH | |||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs WSH | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs SD | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs SD | |||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs SD | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ CWS | |||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ CWS | |||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ CWS | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs MIL | |||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs MIL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs MIL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs HOU | |||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs HOU | |||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs HOU | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ TB | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ TB | |||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ TB | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs SF | |||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs SF | |||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs SF | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ MIA | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ MIA | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ MIA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ NYY | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ NYY | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ NYY | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs BAL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs BAL | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs BAL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs PHI | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs PHI | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs PHI | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs PHI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ TEX | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ TEX | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ TEX | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ WSH | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ WSH | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ WSH | |||||
