Who Should I Trade?

JJ Bleday for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	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	# 140	# 385
VBR	# 125	# 1360

Projections

Runs	26	2
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	27	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.239	.183

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 142	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 145	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 142	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 158	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 116	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	269	120

Runs	39	14

Hits	64	23

Singles	35	13

Doubles	11	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	17	4

RBI	44	11

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	43	17

Strikeouts	65	50

Batting Average	.238	.192

On Base Pct	.345	.315

Slugging Pct	.476	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.821	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	176	15

Runs	26	2

Hits	42	3

Singles	23	1

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	27	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	24	1

Strikeouts	46	5

Batting Average	.239	.183

On Base Pct	.332	.256

Slugging Pct	.456	.331

On-base Plus Slugging	.788	.587

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 5-3 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 in a 4-0 win over the Cubs with a two-run home run and one walk. 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
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, an additional run, an additional RBI, and a walk in a 11-5 win over the Phillies on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a homer, four RBI, and an additional run scored in a 12-0 rout of the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 16th	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
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 with a solo homer in a 5-3 loss to the D-backs on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th	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
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, May 24th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

JJ Bleday for MJ Melendez (2026)

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