Who Should I Trade?

Derek Hill for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 378	# 384
VBR	# 1158	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	5	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.225	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 358	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 425	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	151	120

Runs	25	14

Hits	36	23

Singles	24	13

Doubles	3	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	9	4

RBI	21	11

Stolen Bases	12	0

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	11	17

Strikeouts	58	50

Batting Average	.238	.192

On Base Pct	.295	.315

Slugging Pct	.437	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.732	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	48	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	11	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	5	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Batting Average	.225	‐

On Base Pct	.277	‐

Slugging Pct	.367	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.644	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Derek Hill is expected to be available for the Phillies on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	The Mets sent MJ Melendez outright to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Derek Hill left Wednesday’s game against the Nationals early. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Derek Hill went 1-for-3 with a grand slam in Monday's 6-3 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Derek Hill went 1-for-1 with a solo homer, a walk, and two runs scored in Monday's 10-7 win against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Derek Hill went 3-for-4 with a solo homer, two singles, and two RBI in Friday's 10-2 loss to the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#65	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#280	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#348	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#256
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Fri, Aug 14th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Derek Hill for MJ Melendez (2026)

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