Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Mateo for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL	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	# 377	# 385
VBR	# 1170	# 1373

Projections

Runs	6	2
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	5	2
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.226	.178

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 357	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 358	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	127	120

Runs	28	14

Hits	31	23

Singles	21	13

Doubles	6	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	11	11

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	8	17

Strikeouts	41	50

Batting Average	.244	.192

On Base Pct	.289	.315

Slugging Pct	.386	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	46	15

Runs	6	2

Hits	10	3

Singles	6	2

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	5	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	3	1

Strikeouts	14	5

Batting Average	.226	.178

On Base Pct	.273	.253

Slugging Pct	.368	.293

On-base Plus Slugging	.641	.545

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-2 with a walk, a steal, and two runs scored in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 1st	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
	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 31st	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Jorge Mateo went 1-for-4 with a single, two RBI, two runs scored, and a steal in Friday's 8-3 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 30th	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
	Jorge Mateo went 2-for-5 with a solo homer, two RBI, one run, and one steal in Sunday's 11-6 win over the Rockies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 4th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jorge Mateo 2B,SS,CF,DH - ATL			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#298	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#32	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, May 25th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Jorge Mateo for MJ Melendez (2026)

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