Who Should I Trade?

Mike Trout for MJ Melendez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	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	# 70	# 384
VBR	# 80	‐

Projections

Runs	26	‐
Home Runs	9	‐
RBI	23	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.243	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 87	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 88	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 68	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 52	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 58	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	339	120

Runs	64	14

Hits	83	23

Singles	49	13

Doubles	16	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	18	4

RBI	40	11

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	76	17

Strikeouts	106	50

Batting Average	.245	.192

On Base Pct	.390	.315

Slugging Pct	.451	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.841	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	148	‐

Runs	26	‐

Hits	36	‐

Singles	21	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	9	‐

RBI	23	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	27	‐

Strikeouts	50	‐

Batting Average	.243	‐

On Base Pct	.374	‐

Slugging Pct	.469	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.844	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Mike Trout went 4-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Giants with one double and one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Mets sent MJ Melendez outright to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Mike Trout went 0-for-3 in a win over the Tigers with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Mike Trout went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Mike Trout (hamstring) has been activated from the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Angels outfielder Mike Trout (hamstring) is on track to return from the injured list on Wednesday against the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, May 25th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st				@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Mike Trout for MJ Melendez (2026)

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