Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Lugo for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	‐	# 1394

Projections

Runs	‐	0
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	0
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.157

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 375	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
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	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	4

Runs	‐	0

Hits	‐	1

Singles	‐	0

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	0

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Batting Average	‐	.157

On Base Pct	‐	.191

Slugging Pct	‐	.213

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.404

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
News
	The Mets sent MJ Melendez outright to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Royals claimed Matthew Lugo off waivers from the Angels on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Angels designated Matthew Lugo for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Angels optioned OF Matthew Lugo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 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
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM			Matthew Lugo LF,CF - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Lugo for MJ Melendez (2026)

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