Who Should I Trade?

Connor Joe for Jacob Melton (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1344	# 1239

Projections

Runs	1	4
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	1	4
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.176	.225

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 478	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	39	‐

Runs	2	‐

Hits	7	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	3	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	6	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Batting Average	.180	‐

On Base Pct	.289	‐

Slugging Pct	.308	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.597	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	11	31

Runs	1	4

Hits	2	7

Singles	1	4

Doubles	0	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	1	4

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	1	3

Strikeouts	3	10

Batting Average	.176	.225

On Base Pct	.265	.289

Slugging Pct	.228	.373

On-base Plus Slugging	.493	.662

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
News
	The Mariners optioned Connor Joe to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	The Mariners recalled Connor Joe from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Melton (thumb) is dealing with minor soreness in his left thumb and was held out of Thursday's Grapefruit League matchup with Boston. He is 2-for-9 with one home run, one walk and five strikeouts across four spring appearances. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	The Mariners are expected to recall Connor Joe from Triple-A Tacoma on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Mariners optioned Connor Joe to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Connor Joe was taking reps at third base on the field on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA			Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Joe for Jacob Melton (2026)

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