Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Noelvi Marte (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Noelvi Marte 3B,RF - CIN	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 212	# 384
VBR	# 361	# 1262

Projections

Runs	16	2
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	16	2
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.249	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 198	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 169	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	# 376

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 260	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Noelvi Marte 3B,RF - CIN	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	148	120

Runs	16	14

Hits	28	23

Singles	16	13

Doubles	6	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	13	11

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	9	17

Strikeouts	37	50

Batting Average	.189	.192

On Base Pct	.236	.315

Slugging Pct	.351	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.587	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Noelvi Marte 3B,RF - CIN	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	122	16

Runs	16	2

Hits	30	4

Singles	20	2

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	16	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	30	5

Batting Average	.249	.223

On Base Pct	.299	.289

Slugging Pct	.412	.434

On-base Plus Slugging	.712	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Noelvi Marte 3B,RF - CIN	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Reds outfielder Noelvi Marte went 2-for-5 with a homer, a double, and four RBI in an 11-5 win over the Phillies on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Reds outfielder Noelvi Marte homered for the third consecutive game in a 5-3 loss to the D-backs on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 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
	Reds outfielder Noelvi Marte went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a 2-1 win over the D-backs on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Reds outfielder Noelvi Marte stole a base as part of a 5-3 extra-innings win over the Padres on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jun 10th	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
	Reds outfielder Noelvi Marte went 1-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base in Monday's 6-2 loss to the Padres. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Noelvi Marte 3B,RF - CIN			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 24th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Noelvi Marte (2026)

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