Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Tristan Peters (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tristan Peters LF,CF,RF - CWS	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	# 295	# 383
VBR	# 426	# 1257

Projections

Runs	15	2
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	14	2
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.239	.208

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 331	# 376

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 204	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tristan Peters LF,CF,RF - CWS	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	297	120

Runs	40	14

Hits	79	23

Singles	49	13

Doubles	21	5

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	38	11

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	22	17

Strikeouts	60	50

Batting Average	.266	.192

On Base Pct	.323	.315

Slugging Pct	.418	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.741	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tristan Peters LF,CF,RF - CWS	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	122	14

Runs	15	2

Hits	29	3

Singles	19	1

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	14	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	28	5

Batting Average	.239	.208

On Base Pct	.303	.278

Slugging Pct	.372	.401

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	.679

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tristan Peters LF,CF,RF - CWS	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Tristan Peters went 4-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, a triple, a double, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Tristan Peters went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Tristan Peters went 1-for-4 in Sunday's loss to the Royals with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Tristan Peters went 2-for-5 in Friday's win over the Royals with a home run, three runs scored, one walk, and six RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Tristan Peters went 1-for-3 in loss to the Dodgers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th	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
	Tristan Peters LF,CF,RF - CWS			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
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 (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Tristan Peters (2026)

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