Who Should I Trade?

Luke Raley for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF - SEA	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 243	# 385
VBR	# 343	# 1328

Projections

Runs	20	2
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	22	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.230	.181

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 235	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 238	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 222	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 332	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF - SEA	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	244	120

Runs	26	14

Hits	56	23

Singles	31	13

Doubles	9	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	15	4

RBI	37	11

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	13	17

Strikeouts	85	50

Batting Average	.230	.192

On Base Pct	.287	.315

Slugging Pct	.459	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.746	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF - SEA	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	147	17

Runs	20	2

Hits	34	3

Singles	20	2

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	22	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	2

Strikeouts	51	6

Batting Average	.230	.181

On Base Pct	.308	.256

Slugging Pct	.425	.319

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF - SEA	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Luke Raley is back in the Mariners lineup on Thursday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Luke Raley remains out of the Mariners lineup on Tuesday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Luke Raley remains out of the Mariners lineup on Monday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Luke Raley is not in the Mariners lineup for Sunday’s series finale against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Luke Raley is back in the Mariners lineup on Tuesday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF - SEA			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs LAD
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#235	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
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
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st				@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Luke Raley for MJ Melendez (2026)

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