Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Mitchell for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Garrett Mitchell CF,RF - MIL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 190	# 385
VBR	# 235	# 1362

Projections

Runs	24	2
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	21	2
Stolen Bases	5	0
Batting Average	.241	.172

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 113	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 189	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 180	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 184	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Garrett Mitchell CF,RF - MIL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	289	120

Runs	44	14

Hits	80	23

Singles	47	13

Doubles	22	5

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	8	4

RBI	48	11

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	5	1

Walks	37	17

Strikeouts	107	50

Batting Average	.277	.192

On Base Pct	.362	.315

Slugging Pct	.457	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.818	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Garrett Mitchell CF,RF - MIL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	163	15

Runs	24	2

Hits	39	3

Singles	25	2

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	21	2

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	20	1

Strikeouts	58	5

Batting Average	.241	.172

On Base Pct	.326	.244

Slugging Pct	.403	.282

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.526

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Garrett Mitchell CF,RF - MIL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Garrett Mitchell went 3-for-5 in Saturday's 8-6 win over the Marlins with a double, one run scored, one stolen base, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Garrett Mitchell went 1-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Garrett Mitchell went 1-for-3 in loss to the Reds with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Garrett Mitchell went 4-for-4 in a win over the Reds with two doubles, a triple, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Garrett Mitchell suffered a leg cramp in Saturday's game against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Garrett Mitchell CF,RF - MIL			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Mitchell for MJ Melendez (2026)

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