Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Richie Palacios (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 281	# 385
VBR	# 959	# 1328

Projections

Runs	13	2
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	11	2
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.234	.181

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 265	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 220	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	204	120

Runs	29	14

Hits	49	23

Singles	36	13

Doubles	8	5

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	27	11

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	5	1

Walks	28	17

Strikeouts	41	50

Batting Average	.240	.192

On Base Pct	.339	.315

Slugging Pct	.343	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.682	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	102	17

Runs	13	2

Hits	24	3

Singles	17	2

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	11	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	2

Strikeouts	23	6

Batting Average	.234	.181

On Base Pct	.319	.256

Slugging Pct	.350	.319

On-base Plus Slugging	.669	.576

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Richie Palacios went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Richie Palacios went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Richie Palacios went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Richie Palacios went 0-for-3 with one walk and one stolen base in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 18th	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
	Richie Palacios went 2-for-5 with one stolen base in Saturday's 10-5 loss to the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, May 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
	Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sat, May 9th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#287	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs LAD
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Richie Palacios (2026)

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