Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Troy Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 192	# 384
VBR	# 294	‐

Projections

Runs	14	2
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	14	2
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.260	.156

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 193	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 152	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 187	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 155	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	315	120

Runs	36	14

Hits	89	23

Singles	61	13

Doubles	25	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	41	11

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	5	1

Walks	30	17

Strikeouts	61	50

Batting Average	.283	.192

On Base Pct	.349	.315

Slugging Pct	.391	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.740	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	118	16

Runs	14	2

Hits	31	3

Singles	21	2

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	14	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	2

Strikeouts	25	5

Batting Average	.260	.156

On Base Pct	.322	.229

Slugging Pct	.395	.281

On-base Plus Slugging	.718	.510

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, three runs scored, and four runs batted in during Colorado's 23-9 win over the Athletics on Sunday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 15th	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base during the Rockies' loss to the Giants on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 31st	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Troy Johnston had a pair of singles and a walk in four plate appearances on Saturday during Colorado's 5-4 loss to Arizona. He also stole his second base of the season. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	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
	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a walk and a pair of runs batted in on Thursday as the Rockies dropped a 10-8 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored to lead the Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Dodgers on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th	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
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#242	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#392	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#210	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Troy Johnston (2026)

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