Who Should I Trade?

Jac Caglianone for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	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	# 81	# 384
VBR	# 98	‐

Projections

Runs	22	‐
Home Runs	8	‐
RBI	24	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.251	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 80	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 81	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 90	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 101	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	375	120

Runs	49	14

Hits	95	23

Singles	57	13

Doubles	18	5

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	18	4

RBI	43	11

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	27	17

Strikeouts	112	50

Batting Average	.253	.192

On Base Pct	.310	.315

Slugging Pct	.456	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	164	‐

Runs	22	‐

Hits	41	‐

Singles	25	‐

Doubles	8	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	24	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	45	‐

Batting Average	.251	‐

On Base Pct	.315	‐

Slugging Pct	.451	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Jac Caglianone went 1-for-5 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	The Mets sent MJ Melendez outright to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 in loss to the Twins with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Jac Caglianone is back in the Royals lineup on Saturday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Jac Caglianone remains out of the Royals lineup for Friday's series opener against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Royals acting manager Paul Hoover said Jac Caglianone could be available off the bench on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Mar 31st				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jac Caglianone for MJ Melendez (2026)

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