Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Starling Marte (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC	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	# 350	# 385
VBR	# 1095	# 1358

Projections

Runs	9	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	8	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.255	.157

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 299	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 419	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	122	120

Runs	13	14

Hits	32	23

Singles	27	13

Doubles	4	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	1	4

RBI	9	11

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	8	17

Strikeouts	35	50

Batting Average	.262	.192

On Base Pct	.324	.315

Slugging Pct	.320	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.643	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	75	14

Runs	9	2

Hits	19	2

Singles	14	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	8	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	5	1

Strikeouts	19	4

Batting Average	.255	.157

On Base Pct	.315	.238

Slugging Pct	.376	.261

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	.499

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Starling Marte went 1-for-4 in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Giants with a run scored and a stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Starling Marte went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 5-4 win over the White Sox with one run scored, one stolen base and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Starling Marte went 3-for-5 in the win over the Cardinals with a double, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 19th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Starling Marte went 1-for-4 in a win over the Twins with a home run, one run scored, three RBI, and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th	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
	Starling Marte went 3-for-4 in a loss to the Athletics with one RBI. Chase Davis Fri, May 1st	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
	Starling Marte LF,RF,DH - KC			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Starling Marte (2026)

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