Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 384	# 309
VBR	# 1257	# 783

Projections

Runs	2	14
Home Runs	1	3
RBI	2	11
Stolen Bases	0	3
Batting Average	.208	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 217

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	# 395

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	172

Runs	14	24

Hits	23	41

Singles	13	25

Doubles	5	8

Triples	1	3

Home Runs	4	5

RBI	11	25

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	17	12

Strikeouts	50	38

Batting Average	.192	.238

On Base Pct	.315	.292

Slugging Pct	.350	.407

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	.699

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	14	106

Runs	2	14

Hits	3	23

Singles	1	14

Doubles	1	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	3

RBI	2	11

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	1	11

Strikeouts	5	34

Batting Average	.208	.218

On Base Pct	.278	.292

Slugging Pct	.401	.363

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	.655

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
News
	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Ryan Kreidler helped fuel Minnesota's offense in Sunday's win, flashing gap power and aggressive baserunning. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 2-0 win over the Athletics on Saturday with a double and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 3-2 win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	Ryan Kreidler went 3-for-4 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and a walk. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 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	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-2 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers on Thursday with a home run, a run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th
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			Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

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