Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Sheets for MJ Melendez (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gavin Sheets 1B,LF,RF,DH - SD	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	# 250	# 385
VBR	# 259	# 1360

Projections

Runs	21	2
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	23	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.236	.183

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 165	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 173	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gavin Sheets 1B,LF,RF,DH - SD	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	305	120

Runs	39	14

Hits	65	23

Singles	36	13

Doubles	15	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	14	4

RBI	42	11

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	40	17

Strikeouts	74	50

Batting Average	.213	.192

On Base Pct	.311	.315

Slugging Pct	.400	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.711	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gavin Sheets 1B,LF,RF,DH - SD	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	170	15

Runs	21	2

Hits	40	3

Singles	25	1

Doubles	9	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	23	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	17	1

Strikeouts	39	5

Batting Average	.236	.183

On Base Pct	.312	.256

Slugging Pct	.403	.331

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	.587

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gavin Sheets 1B,LF,RF,DH - SD	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Gavin Sheets went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 15-3 loss against the Dodgers on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Gavin Sheets went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 9-7 loss on Friday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	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
	Gavin Sheets went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 3-2 loss against the Phillies on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Gavin Sheets went 3-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI in the Padres 8-3 win over the Mariners on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	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
	Gavin Sheets went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 3-1 win over the Brewers on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	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
	Gavin Sheets 1B,LF,RF,DH - SD			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
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
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL

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