Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Wade Meckler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 383	‐
VBR	# 1268	# 1169

Projections

Runs	2	8
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	2	7
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.230	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 214

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 376	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	145

Runs	14	19

Hits	23	43

Singles	13	32

Doubles	5	9

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	11	17

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	15

Strikeouts	50	36

Batting Average	.192	.297

On Base Pct	.315	.363

Slugging Pct	.350	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	.763

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	16	67

Runs	2	8

Hits	4	16

Singles	2	12

Doubles	1	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	2	7

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	7

Strikeouts	5	17

Batting Average	.230	.243

On Base Pct	.292	.318

Slugging Pct	.447	.324

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.642

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
News
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Wade Meckler went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Twins with a double and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Wade Meckler left Sunday’s game against the Rays with a head injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	Wade Meckler went 4-for-5 with a pair of runs scored on Wednesday during the Angels' 10-4 win over the Rockies. David Leisering Thu, Jun 4th
	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	Wade Meckler went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run in his season debut on Friday, helping the Angels to a 9-6 victory over the Rangers. David Leisering Sat, May 23rd
	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	The Angels selected the contract of Wade Meckler. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
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			Wade Meckler LF,CF - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 25th				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Wade Meckler (2026)

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