Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Taylor Trammell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Trammell LF,CF - HOU	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	# 348	# 384
VBR	# 558	# 1257

Projections

Runs	12	2
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	12	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.213	.208

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	# 376

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 393	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Trammell LF,CF - HOU	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	143	120

Runs	20	14

Hits	35	23

Singles	23	13

Doubles	6	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	5	4

RBI	16	11

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	13	17

Strikeouts	51	50

Batting Average	.245	.192

On Base Pct	.321	.315

Slugging Pct	.406	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.726	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Trammell LF,CF - HOU	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	90	14

Runs	12	2

Hits	19	3

Singles	11	1

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	31	5

Batting Average	.213	.208

On Base Pct	.305	.278

Slugging Pct	.380	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.685	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Trammell LF,CF - HOU	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Taylor Trammell went 1-for-2 in a win over the Angels with a home run, one RBI, two runs scored, and three walks. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Taylor Trammell went 2-for-4 in Sunday's loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Taylor Trammell went 2-for-4 in Monday's 5-4 loss to the Twins with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 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
	Taylor Trammell went 1-for-2 in Thursday’s win over the Tigers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Taylor Trammell went 1-for-3 in a win over the Blue Jays with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Trammell LF,CF - HOU			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Wed, Apr 29th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Taylor Trammell (2026)

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