Who Should I Trade?

Jeff McNeil for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 275	# 384
VBR	# 344	# 1262

Projections

Runs	18	2
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	17	2
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.264	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 194	# 376

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 281	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	290	120

Runs	29	14

Hits	71	23

Singles	54	13

Doubles	13	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	33	11

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	23	17

Strikeouts	37	50

Batting Average	.245	.192

On Base Pct	.306	.315

Slugging Pct	.331	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.637	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	146	16

Runs	18	2

Hits	39	4

Singles	27	2

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	17	2

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	1

Strikeouts	21	5

Batting Average	.264	.223

On Base Pct	.335	.289

Slugging Pct	.396	.434

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Jeff McNeil went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's loss to the Diamondbacks with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Jeff McNeil went 1-for-1 in a win over the Diamondbacks with two RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Jeff McNeil went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with two runs scored and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Jeff McNeil went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Marlins with a double and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Jeff McNeil went 3-for-4 in a win over the Giants with a walk, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th	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
	Jeff McNeil 1B,2B,LF,CF,RF - ATH			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#174	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jeff McNeil for MJ Melendez (2026)

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