Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 383	‐
VBR	# 1257	# 1333

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	2	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.208	.184

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 435

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	55

Runs	14	8

Hits	23	12

Singles	13	5

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	11	12

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	5

Strikeouts	50	17

Batting Average	.192	.218

On Base Pct	.315	.283

Slugging Pct	.350	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	14	7

Runs	2	1

Hits	3	1

Singles	1	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	2	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	5	2

Batting Average	.208	.184

On Base Pct	.278	.276

Slugging Pct	.401	.288

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	.564

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
News
	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Ryan Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	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 Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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 Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
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 Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Sat, Apr 25th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 19th				vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Ryan Ward (2026)

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