Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Walker Jenkins (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 384	‐
VBR	‐	# 1299

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	2	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.156	.219

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 375	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	‐

Runs	14	‐

Hits	23	‐

Singles	13	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	17	‐

Strikeouts	50	‐

Batting Average	.192	‐

On Base Pct	.315	‐

Slugging Pct	.350	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.665	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	16	6

Runs	2	1

Hits	3	1

Singles	2	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	2	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	1

Strikeouts	5	1

Batting Average	.156	.219

On Base Pct	.229	.323

Slugging Pct	.281	.280

On-base Plus Slugging	.510	.603

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
News
	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Walker Jenkins is back in the Triple-A St. Paul lineup on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Walker Jenkins is continuing his rehab assignment with Single-A Cedar Rapids. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	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	Twins OF prospect Walker Jenkins has begun hitting off a machine. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th	Twins prospect Walker Jenkins has a Grade 2 AC joint sprain in his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, May 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	Twins prospect Walker Jenkins was forced to leave Triple-A St. Paul’s game on Sunday with a shoulder injury. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
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			Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#211
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Walker Jenkins (2026)

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