Who Should I Trade?

George Springer for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	# 385
VBR	# 136	# 1373

Projections

Runs	27	2
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	24	2
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.252	.178

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 103	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 73	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 108	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 92	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 117	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 52	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	279	120

Runs	34	14

Hits	64	23

Singles	40	13

Doubles	13	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	10	4

RBI	27	11

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	31	17

Strikeouts	61	50

Batting Average	.229	.192

On Base Pct	.312	.315

Slugging Pct	.391	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.703	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	175	15

Runs	27	2

Hits	44	3

Singles	28	2

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	24	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	20	1

Strikeouts	38	5

Batting Average	.252	.178

On Base Pct	.335	.253

Slugging Pct	.439	.293

On-base Plus Slugging	.774	.545

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Blue Jays designated hitter George Springer went 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored, and a stolen base in a 7-1 loss to the Rays on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	George Springer went 1-for-4 in Friday's loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	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
	George Springer is starting in left field for the Blue Jays on Friday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Blue Jays outfielder George Springer went 1-for-4 with a homer, a walk, and an additional runs scored in a 10-0 win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	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 Blue Jays activated OF/DH George Springer from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 9th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

George Springer for MJ Melendez (2026)

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