Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Tanner Murray (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Tanner Murray 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - CWS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	# 1260	# 1295

Projections

Runs	2	2
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	2	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.220	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 389

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Tanner Murray 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	28

Runs	14	2

Hits	23	6

Singles	13	5

Doubles	5	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	11	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	2

Strikeouts	50	7

Batting Average	.192	.214

On Base Pct	.315	.281

Slugging Pct	.350	.321

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	.603

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Tanner Murray 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	17	21

Runs	2	2

Hits	4	4

Singles	2	3

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	2	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	5	5

Batting Average	.220	.218

On Base Pct	.285	.269

Slugging Pct	.428	.322

On-base Plus Slugging	.714	.590

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Tanner Murray 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - CWS
News
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The White Sox transferred Tanner Murray to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	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	Tanner Murray is scheduled to undergo left shoulder surgery and will miss 4-6 months. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	The White Sox placed Tanner Murray on the 10-day injured list with a dislocated shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
	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	Tanner Murray went 1-for-2 in a win over the Royals with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Apr 13th
	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	The White Sox recalled INF Tanner Murray from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
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			Tanner Murray 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs COL
Mon, Apr 6th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Jun 19th				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 17th				@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Tue, Jul 28th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT

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MJ Melendez for Tanner Murray (2026)

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