Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Tyler Tolbert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Tolbert SS,LF,CF,RF - KC	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 279	# 384
VBR	# 1011	# 1269

Projections

Runs	10	2
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	6	2
Stolen Bases	6	0
Batting Average	.236	.230

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 243	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 240	# 458

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 386	# 376

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Tolbert SS,LF,CF,RF - KC	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	68	120

Runs	21	14

Hits	22	23

Singles	17	13

Doubles	2	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	3	4

RBI	6	11

Stolen Bases	13	0

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	6	17

Strikeouts	12	50

Batting Average	.324	.192

On Base Pct	.373	.315

Slugging Pct	.485	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.859	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Tolbert SS,LF,CF,RF - KC	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	67	16

Runs	10	2

Hits	16	4

Singles	11	2

Doubles	3	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	6	2

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	5	1

Strikeouts	18	5

Batting Average	.236	.230

On Base Pct	.287	.292

Slugging Pct	.342	.447

On-base Plus Slugging	.629	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Tolbert SS,LF,CF,RF - KC	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Tyler Tolbert went 2-for-3 in a win over the Twins with a home run, a double, two runs scored, one RBI, one stolen base and a walk. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 30th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Tyler Tolbert entered the game as a pinch runner, swiped a bag and scored in Thursday's loss to the Tigers. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 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
	Tyler Tolbert picked up his 11th stolen base of the season despite not recording an at-bat in the win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Tyler Tolbert went 5-for-6 in win over the Mets with a home run, four runs scored, two RBI 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
	Tyler Tolbert went 5-for-5 in Monday's win over the Phillies with a home run, a double, three runs scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Tyler Tolbert SS,LF,CF,RF - KC			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Tyler Tolbert (2026)

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