Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Nelson Rada (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 1360	# 1347

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	2	0
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.183	.197

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	Nelson Rada CF - LAA
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	Nelson Rada CF - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	15	5

Runs	2	1

Hits	3	1

Singles	1	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	0

Strikeouts	5	1

Batting Average	.183	.197

On Base Pct	.256	.241

Slugging Pct	.331	.221

On-base Plus Slugging	.587	.462

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Nelson Rada CF - LAA
News
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Angels reassigned OF Nelson Rada to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 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
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	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
	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
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM			Nelson Rada CF - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 25th				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Nelson Rada (2026)

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