Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Tommy Edman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tommy Edman 2B,3B,LF,CF - LAD	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 207	# 383
VBR	# 158	# 1262

Projections

Runs	22	2
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	21	2
Stolen Bases	4	0
Batting Average	.250	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 132	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 162	# 376

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 165	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tommy Edman 2B,3B,LF,CF - LAD	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	109	120

Runs	19	14

Hits	35	23

Singles	25	13

Doubles	6	5

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	2	4

RBI	18	11

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	9	17

Strikeouts	24	50

Batting Average	.321	.192

On Base Pct	.398	.315

Slugging Pct	.468	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.866	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tommy Edman 2B,3B,LF,CF - LAD	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	163	14

Runs	22	2

Hits	41	3

Singles	27	2

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	21	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	34	5

Batting Average	.250	.220

On Base Pct	.309	.288

Slugging Pct	.399	.433

On-base Plus Slugging	.708	.721

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tommy Edman 2B,3B,LF,CF - LAD	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Tommy Edman went 0-for-3 in a 4-3 win over the Mets with one walk and one stolen base. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Tommy Edman went 3-for-4 in a win over the Phillies with a triple, a run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Tommy Edman went 2-for-5 with three runs and two RBI in game 1's win against the Yankees, before going 1-for-2with a homer as a pinch-hitter in game 2's loss. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Tommy Edman went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Rockies with a run scored and one stolen base. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 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
	Tommy Edman is not in the Dodgers lineup on Monday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Tommy Edman 2B,3B,LF,CF - LAD			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Tommy Edman (2026)

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