Who Should I Trade?

Kristian Campbell for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Kristian Campbell 2B,CF - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 383	‐
VBR	# 1257	# 1399

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	2	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.208	.182

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Kristian Campbell 2B,CF - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	‐

Runs	14	‐

Hits	23	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	17	‐

Strikeouts	50	‐

Batting Average	.192	‐

On Base Pct	.315	‐

Slugging Pct	.350	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Kristian Campbell 2B,CF - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	14	5

Runs	2	1

Hits	3	1

Singles	1	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	2	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	0

Strikeouts	5	2

Batting Average	.208	.182

On Base Pct	.278	.244

Slugging Pct	.401	.285

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	.528

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Kristian Campbell 2B,CF - BOS
News
	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Campbell signed an eight-year, $60 million extension last April but struggled after his big-league demotion in June and did not return to the majors last season. He posted a .645 OPS with a 2:11 BB:K across 46 Grapefruit League plate appearances this spring. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora said on Tuesday that Kristian Campbell will primarily play in the outfield this season. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 10th
	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
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM			Kristian Campbell 2B,CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Kristian Campbell for MJ Melendez (2026)

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