Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Petey Halpin (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Petey Halpin CF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 383	‐
VBR	# 1262	# 1156

Projections

Runs	2	8
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	2	7
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.220	.222

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 427

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Petey Halpin CF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	102

Runs	14	13

Hits	23	20

Singles	13	14

Doubles	5	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	11	5

Stolen Bases	0	7

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	3

Strikeouts	50	22

Batting Average	.192	.196

On Base Pct	.315	.232

Slugging Pct	.350	.304

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	.535

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Petey Halpin CF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	14	66

Runs	2	8

Hits	3	15

Singles	2	10

Doubles	1	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	2	7

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	5

Strikeouts	5	18

Batting Average	.220	.222

On Base Pct	.288	.278

Slugging Pct	.433	.338

On-base Plus Slugging	.721	.616

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Petey Halpin CF,RF - CLE
News
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Petey Halpin went 1-for-5 in a 6-1 win over the Reds on Wednesday with a stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 30th
	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	Petey Halpin drew a walk and at least made something happen in a 1-0 loss. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	Petey Halpin went 3-for-5 in Monday's 13-4 win over the Twins with two home runs, a double, three runs scored and three RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Petey Halpin continues to bring more speed than thump to Cleveland's outfield mix. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th
	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	Petey Halpin went 1-for-4 in a 4-1 win over the Marlins with a run scored, one stolen base, and three strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM			Petey Halpin CF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#140
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Jul 28th				@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR

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MJ Melendez for Petey Halpin (2026)

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