Who Should I Trade?

Connor Joe for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 383	‐
VBR	# 1257	# 1315

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	2	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.208	.171

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 478

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	39

Runs	14	2

Hits	23	7

Singles	13	4

Doubles	5	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	11	3

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	6

Strikeouts	50	15

Batting Average	.192	.180

On Base Pct	.315	.289

Slugging Pct	.350	.308

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	.597

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	14	8

Runs	2	1

Hits	3	1

Singles	1	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	2	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	5	2

Batting Average	.208	.171

On Base Pct	.278	.268

Slugging Pct	.401	.218

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	.486

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA
News
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Mariners optioned Connor Joe to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	The Mariners recalled Connor Joe from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	The Mariners are expected to recall Connor Joe from Triple-A Tacoma on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	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 Mariners optioned Connor Joe to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	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	Connor Joe was taking reps at third base on the field on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
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			Connor Joe LF,RF - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 5th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Joe for MJ Melendez (2026)

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