Who Should I Trade?

Grant McCray for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 1358	# 1272

Projections

Runs	2	3
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	2	2
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.157	.205

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 377	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Grant McCray LF,CF,RF - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	3

Runs	14	3

Hits	23	0

Singles	13	0

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	11	0

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	1

Strikeouts	50	2

Batting Average	.192	.000

On Base Pct	.315	.250

Slugging Pct	.350	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	.250

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Grant McCray LF,CF,RF - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	14	21

Runs	2	3

Hits	2	4

Singles	1	3

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	2

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	2

Strikeouts	4	7

Batting Average	.157	.205

On Base Pct	.238	.266

Slugging Pct	.261	.304

On-base Plus Slugging	.499	.570

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Grant McCray LF,CF,RF - SF
News
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Giants recalled OF Grant McCray from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Grant McCray is scheduled to undergo surgery on Thursday on his fractured hamate bone. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	Outfielder Grant McCray has been optioned to Triple-A Sacramento by the San Francisco Giants. David Leisering Thu, Mar 19th
	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
	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
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM			Grant McCray LF,CF,RF - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, May 5th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Jun 19th				@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 17th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Grant McCray for MJ Melendez (2026)

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