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MJ Melendez for Seiya Suzuki (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Seiya Suzuki LF,RF,DH - CHC  | MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 7 of 7 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 50 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 71 | # 1179 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 50 | 14 |
| Home Runs | 16 | 4 |
| RBI | 53 | 14 |
| Stolen Bases | 4 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .258 | .207 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 64 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 38 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 58 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 51 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 48 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 56 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 119 | # 398 |
| Seiya Suzuki LF,RF,DH - CHC | MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 168 | 75 |
| Runs | 25 | 9 |
| Hits | 43 | 16 |
| Singles | 31 | 9 |
| Doubles | 5 | 3 |
| Triples | 0 | 1 |
| Home Runs | 7 | 3 |
| RBI | 20 | 9 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 1 |
| Walks | 20 | 9 |
| Strikeouts | 49 | 31 |
| Batting Average | .256 | .213 |
| On Base Pct | .344 | .326 |
| Slugging Pct | .411 | .400 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .755 | .726 |
| Seiya Suzuki LF,RF,DH - CHC | MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 341 | 108 |
| Runs | 50 | 14 |
| Hits | 88 | 22 |
| Singles | 53 | 13 |
| Doubles | 17 | 5 |
| Triples | 2 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 16 | 4 |
| RBI | 53 | 14 |
| Stolen Bases | 4 | 2 |
| Caught Stealing | 2 | 1 |
| Walks | 43 | 10 |
| Strikeouts | 97 | 35 |
| Batting Average | .258 | .207 |
| On Base Pct | .346 | .282 |
| Slugging Pct | .461 | .381 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .808 | .663 |
| Seiya Suzuki LF,RF,DH - CHC | MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | |
| News | ||
| Seiya Suzuki went 3-for-4 with three singles in Friday's 6-5 loss to the Cardinals. David Leisering Sat, May 30th | 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 | |
| Seiya Suzuki went 2-for-3 with a walk and a three-run home run on Monday as the Cubs came from behind to edge the Reds, 5-4. David Leisering Mon, May 4th | The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th | |
| Seiya Suzuki went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two runs scored on Monday as the Cubs suffered a 9-7 loss to the Padres. David Leisering Tue, Apr 28th | 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 | |
| Seiya Suzuki went 3-for-4 with a solo home run on Saturday as the Cubs suffered a 12-4 loss to the Dodgers. David Leisering Sun, Apr 26th | 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 | |
| Seiya Suzuki went 3-for-4 with a solo home run, two walks, and two runs scored on Thursday, helping the Cubs to an 8-7, 10-inning win over the Phillies. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Seiya Suzuki LF,RF,DH - CHC | MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ TB | Mason Englert | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #188 | @ CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #276 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #340 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | vs WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #169 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #307 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #236 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | vs NYY | Elmer Rodriguez (0-1) | #272 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #169 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips | |
| Mon, May 25th | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #58 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | vs MIA | Tyler Phillips | |
| Sun, May 31st | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | vs MIA | John King | |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #150 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #141 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ COL | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ SF | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ SF | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ SF | vs ATL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs COL | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs COL | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs COL | @ CIN | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ PHI | |||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs TOR | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs TOR | @ PHI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ NYM | vs CHC | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ NYM | vs CHC | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ NYM | vs CHC | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ MIL | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ MIL | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ MIL | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SD | @ TOR | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs SD | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs SD | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs STL | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs STL | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs STL | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ ATL | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ BAL | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ BAL | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ BAL | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ CIN | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ CIN | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ CIN | vs BOS | ||||
| Thu, Jul 16th | @ PHI | |||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs MIN | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs MIN | @ PHI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ PIT | vs LAD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ PIT | vs LAD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ PIT | vs LAD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ STL | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ STL | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ STL | vs ATL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ STL | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs NYY | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs NYY | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs NYY | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs LAD | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs LAD | @ CLE | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ CLE | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ KC | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ KC | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ KC | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ ATL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ WSH | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ WSH | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs STL | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs STL | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs STL | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SEA | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SEA | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SEA | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ARI | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ARI | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs MIL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIL | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIL | @ TB | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIL | @ TB | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ MIA | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ MIA | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ MIA | vs SF | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ MIL | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ MIL | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ MIL | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs ATL | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATL | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATL | vs BAL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs PHI | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ CIN | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ CIN | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ CIN | vs PHI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs MIA | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs MIA | @ TEX | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs MIA | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ BOS | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ BOS | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ BOS | @ WSH | ||||
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs TOR | |||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs MIN | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ARI | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | |||||
