Who Should I Trade?

Jonny DeLuca for MJ Melendez (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jonny DeLuca LF,CF,RF - TB	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	# 281	# 385
VBR	# 557	# 1360

Projections

Runs	12	2
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	12	2
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.241	.183

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 300	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 185	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jonny DeLuca LF,CF,RF - TB	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	191	120

Runs	27	14

Hits	51	23

Singles	30	13

Doubles	15	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	32	11

Stolen Bases	10	0

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	10	17

Strikeouts	42	50

Batting Average	.267	.192

On Base Pct	.304	.315

Slugging Pct	.440	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.743	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jonny DeLuca LF,CF,RF - TB	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	96	15

Runs	12	2

Hits	23	3

Singles	15	1

Doubles	5	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	1

Strikeouts	22	5

Batting Average	.241	.183

On Base Pct	.296	.256

Slugging Pct	.402	.331

On-base Plus Slugging	.698	.587

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jonny DeLuca LF,CF,RF - TB	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Jonny DeLuca went 2-for-4 with a walk, three runs scored and an RBI in Friday's 11-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Jonny DeLuca went 2-for-6 with one run scored, three RBI and a stolen base in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Jonny DeLuca went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Jonny DeLuca went 2-for-5 with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and two stolen bases in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Jonny DeLuca went 2-for-4 with one home run, a double, one run scored and two RBI in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Jonny DeLuca LF,CF,RF - TB			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#277	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, May 9th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jonny DeLuca for MJ Melendez (2026)

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