Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 71	# 385
VBR	# 87	# 1358

Projections

Runs	32	2
Home Runs	9	0
RBI	28	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.250	.157

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 53	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 82	# 377

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	384	120

Runs	63	14

Hits	96	23

Singles	69	13

Doubles	20	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	27	11

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	80	17

Strikeouts	95	50

Batting Average	.250	.192

On Base Pct	.385	.315

Slugging Pct	.357	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	205	14

Runs	32	2

Hits	51	2

Singles	32	1

Doubles	10	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	28	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	30	1

Strikeouts	55	4

Batting Average	.250	.157

On Base Pct	.350	.238

Slugging Pct	.433	.261

On-base Plus Slugging	.782	.499

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk, and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	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 Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 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
	Taylor Ward went 2-for-5 in a win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 23rd	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Wed, Apr 29th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Taylor Ward (2026)

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