Who Should I Trade?

Luis Matos for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Luis Matos LF,CF,RF - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 1358	‐

Projections

Runs	2	7
Home Runs	0	2
RBI	2	7
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.157	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 377	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Luis Matos LF,CF,RF - MIL
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	20

Runs	14	1

Hits	23	4

Singles	13	4

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	11	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	1

Strikeouts	50	7

Batting Average	.192	.200

On Base Pct	.315	.238

Slugging Pct	.350	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	.438

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Luis Matos LF,CF,RF - MIL
2026 Projections


At Bats	14	51

Runs	2	7

Hits	2	12

Singles	1	8

Doubles	0	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	2

RBI	2	7

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	4

Strikeouts	4	10

Batting Average	.157	.235

On Base Pct	.238	.297

Slugging Pct	.261	.402

On-base Plus Slugging	.499	.699

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Luis Matos LF,CF,RF - MIL
News
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Brewers sent Luis Matos outright to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	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 Brewers designated Luis Matos for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	The Brewers selected OF Luis Matos to the active roster. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
	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	The Giants traded Luis Matos to the Brewers in exchange for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th
	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	The Giants designated OF Luis Matos for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
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			Luis Matos LF,CF,RF - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs STL
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Matos for MJ Melendez (2026)

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