Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Nolan Jones (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 1328	# 1355

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	2	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.181	.212

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	Nolan Jones LF,CF,RF - CWS
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	Nolan Jones LF,CF,RF - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	17	8

Runs	2	1

Hits	3	2

Singles	2	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	2	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	6	3

Batting Average	.181	.212

On Base Pct	.256	.314

Slugging Pct	.319	.310

On-base Plus Slugging	.576	.624

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Nolan Jones LF,CF,RF - CWS
News
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Nolan Jones was traded to the White Sox on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	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			Nolan Jones LF,CF,RF - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD			vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#212
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs COL
Mon, Apr 6th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 25th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, Jun 19th				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 17th				@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Nolan Jones (2026)

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