Who Should I Trade?

Jake Mangum for MJ Melendez (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 198	# 385
VBR	# 323	# 1261

Projections

Runs	15	2
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	12	2
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.279	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 187	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 219	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 201	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	270	120

Runs	36	14

Hits	82	23

Singles	69	13

Doubles	10	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	22	11

Stolen Bases	19	0

Caught Stealing	6	1

Walks	14	17

Strikeouts	51	50

Batting Average	.304	.192

On Base Pct	.351	.315

Slugging Pct	.370	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.721	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	125	17

Runs	15	2

Hits	35	4

Singles	27	2

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	23	5

Batting Average	.279	.220

On Base Pct	.319	.285

Slugging Pct	.366	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.685	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Jake Mangum is back in the Pirates lineup on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Jake Mangum was scratched from Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader with right foot discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Jake Mangum was scratched from the Pirates lineup in Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Jake Mangum went 4-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 10-5 loss against the Braves on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Jake Mangum went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI on Sunday as the Pirates hung on for an 8-6 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st	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
	Jake Mangum LF,CF,RF - PIT			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, May 18th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Mangum for MJ Melendez (2026)

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