Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Rhylan Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 1373	‐

Projections

Runs	2	2
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	2	2
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.177	.241

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	Rhylan Thomas LF,RF - TOR
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	Rhylan Thomas LF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	15	15

Runs	2	2

Hits	3	4

Singles	2	3

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	2

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	5	3

Batting Average	.177	.241

On Base Pct	.251	.290

Slugging Pct	.290	.276

On-base Plus Slugging	.541	.566

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Rhylan Thomas LF,RF - TOR
News
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Astros designated Rhylan Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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 Astros claimed Rhylan Thomas off waivers from the Mariners. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	The Mariners designated Rhylan Thomas for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	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	The Mariners reassigned OF Rhylan Thomas to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	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			Rhylan Thomas LF,RF - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, May 5th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 19th				@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Rhylan Thomas (2026)

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