Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Samad Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 219	# 384
VBR	# 1067	‐

Projections

Runs	10	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	7	‐
Stolen Bases	4	‐
Batting Average	.244	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 166	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 207	# 458

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 375

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	88	120

Runs	14	14

Hits	29	23

Singles	26	13

Doubles	1	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	1	4

RBI	11	11

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	12	17

Strikeouts	30	50

Batting Average	.330	.192

On Base Pct	.410	.315

Slugging Pct	.398	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	70	‐

Runs	10	‐

Hits	17	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	4	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Batting Average	.244	‐

On Base Pct	.310	‐

Slugging Pct	.355	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.664	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Samad Taylor has resumed light swinging. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Mets sent MJ Melendez outright to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Padres say they expect Samad Taylor to return this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Samad Taylor has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-4 in the Padres 7-6 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	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
	Samad Taylor went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 9-3 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 14th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Samad Taylor 2B,LF,RF - SD			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Samad Taylor (2026)

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