Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Chourio for MJ Melendez (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Chourio LF,CF,RF - MIL	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	# 13	# 385
VBR	# 14	# 1259

Projections

Runs	32	2
Home Runs	9	1
RBI	31	2
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.275	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 14	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 12	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 17	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 458

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


At Bats	300	120

Runs	51	14

Hits	83	23

Singles	51	13

Doubles	19	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	13	4

RBI	40	11

Stolen Bases	10	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	24	17

Strikeouts	80	50

Batting Average	.277	.192

On Base Pct	.333	.315

Slugging Pct	.470	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.803	.665

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


At Bats	208	17

Runs	32	2

Hits	57	4

Singles	35	2

Doubles	12	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	31	2

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	49	5

Batting Average	.275	.220

On Base Pct	.328	.285

Slugging Pct	.477	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.806	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Chourio LF,CF,RF - MIL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Jackson Chourio went 1-for-3 in a win over the Marlins with two runs scored, two RBI, two stolen bases, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Jackson Chourio went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Pirates with two stolen bases and one run scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Jackson Chourio is not in the lineup for Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Jackson Chourio went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Diamondbacks with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Jackson Chourio went 2-for-4 in Tuesday’s 7-2 win over the Reds with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Jackson Chourio LF,CF,RF - MIL			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
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 (9-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Chourio for MJ Melendez (2026)

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