Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Tucker for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD	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	# 24	# 385
VBR	# 31	# 1328

Projections

Runs	37	2
Home Runs	10	1
RBI	34	2
Stolen Bases	7	0
Batting Average	.259	.181

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 32	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 16	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 27	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 30	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 9	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	341	120

Runs	54	14

Hits	82	23

Singles	55	13

Doubles	18	5

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	47	11

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	48	17

Strikeouts	78	50

Batting Average	.241	.192

On Base Pct	.335	.315

Slugging Pct	.367	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	217	17

Runs	37	2

Hits	56	3

Singles	34	2

Doubles	11	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	1

RBI	34	2

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	34	2

Strikeouts	42	6

Batting Average	.259	.181

On Base Pct	.363	.256

Slugging Pct	.462	.319

On-base Plus Slugging	.825	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Kyle Tucker went 3-for-5 in a win over the Rockies with one run scored. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Kyle Tucker went 4-for-4 in a win over the Padres with a double, three runs scored, one RBI and a walk. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Kyle Tucker went 3-for-5 in Saturday's 15-3 win over the Padres with a home run, one run scored, four RBI, and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 28th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Kyle Tucker is back in the Dodgers lineup on Friday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	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
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Kyle Tucker will swing on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	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
	Kyle Tucker RF,DH - LAD			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#44	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#10	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#9	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#110	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#123	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#275	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#123
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#88	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#237	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#173	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#275	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#264	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35	vs LAD
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 9th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Tucker for MJ Melendez (2026)

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