Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Tyler Callihan (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 385	‐
VBR	# 1373	# 1146

Projections

Runs	2	9
Home Runs	0	2
RBI	2	8
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.178	.227

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 246

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 377	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	86

Runs	14	13

Hits	23	20

Singles	13	11

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	11	15

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	9

Strikeouts	50	33

Batting Average	.192	.233

On Base Pct	.315	.309

Slugging Pct	.350	.430

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	.740

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	15	74

Runs	2	9

Hits	3	17

Singles	2	11

Doubles	1	3

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	0	2

RBI	2	8

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	1	6

Strikeouts	5	23

Batting Average	.178	.227

On Base Pct	.253	.290

Slugging Pct	.293	.371

On-base Plus Slugging	.545	.661

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Tyler Callihan went 2-for-2 with two home runs, two walks, three runs scored, and four runs batted in to help the Pirates to a 9-8 comeback win over the Dodgers on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 11th
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	The Pirates recalled Tyler Callihan from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	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	Callihan was acquired from the Reds in early March in a deal that sent Kyle Nicolas to Cincinnati and spent the spring competing for a depth spot on Pittsburgh's Opening Day roster. He made his MLB debut with Cincinnati in 2025, appearing in four games and going 1-for-6 with an RBI. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	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	Left fielder/second baseman Tyler Callihan has been traded from the Cincinnati Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for pitcher Kyle Nicolas. David Leisering Wed, Mar 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM			Tyler Callihan 1B,2B,3B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ DET
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Apr 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 19th				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Tyler Callihan (2026)

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