Who Should I Trade?

Gabriel Rincones for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Gabriel Rincones LF,RF - PHI	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 385
VBR	# 825	# 1360

Projections

Runs	15	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	14	2
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.216	.183

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 334	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gabriel Rincones LF,RF - PHI	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	77	120

Runs	7	14

Hits	14	23

Singles	8	13

Doubles	4	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	7	11

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	2	17

Strikeouts	25	50

Batting Average	.182	.192

On Base Pct	.220	.315

Slugging Pct	.312	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.531	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gabriel Rincones LF,RF - PHI	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	108	15

Runs	15	2

Hits	23	3

Singles	15	1

Doubles	5	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	14	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	32	5

Batting Average	.216	.183

On Base Pct	.300	.256

Slugging Pct	.361	.331

On-base Plus Slugging	.661	.587

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gabriel Rincones LF,RF - PHI	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Gabriel Rincones went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, a double, and two RBI in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Gabriel Rincones went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and two total RBI in Monday's 7-0 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 15th	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
	Gabriel Rincones was recalled from Triple-A by the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Gabriel Rincones began swinging a bat on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 24th	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
	Phillies outfield prospect Gabriel Rincones received a PRP injection this offseason as he deals with soreness/tendinitis in both of his knees. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gabriel Rincones LF,RF - PHI			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs WSH
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 (9-6)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Apr 29th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th				vs WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Gabriel Rincones for MJ Melendez (2026)

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