Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Nate Eaton (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 383	‐
VBR	# 1268	# 1240

Projections

Runs	2	3
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	2	2
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.230	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 297

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	32

Runs	14	3

Hits	23	4

Singles	13	1

Doubles	5	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	11	5

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	5

Strikeouts	50	12

Batting Average	.192	.125

On Base Pct	.315	.282

Slugging Pct	.350	.281

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	.563

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	16	22

Runs	2	3

Hits	4	5

Singles	2	3

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	2	2

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	2

Strikeouts	5	6

Batting Average	.230	.218

On Base Pct	.292	.275

Slugging Pct	.447	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.631

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
News
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Boston Red Sox optioned Nate Eaton to Triple-A Worcester on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
	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	Nate Eaton will begin serving a two-game suspension on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	The MLB has suspended Nate Eaton three games. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Nate Eaton went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs, two RBI, a walk, and a stolen base in Tuesday’s 5-2 win over Colorado. He started in left field with Jarren Duran at designated hitter and batted leadoff for the first time. Bruno Mulé 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	Nate Eaton went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday’s 3-1 loss to Seattle. He started in right field and provided Boston’s only run with a solo shot to left field in the third inning. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 22nd
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			Nate Eaton 3B,LF,CF,RF,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 6th				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Apr 25th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 5th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jun 19th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Tue, Jul 28th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

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MJ Melendez for Nate Eaton (2026)

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