Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Yordan Alvarez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 3	# 384
VBR	# 5	‐

Projections

Runs	28	‐
Home Runs	11	‐
RBI	30	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.305	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 2	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 7	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 6	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 4	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 4	# 375

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	414	120

Runs	78	14

Hits	136	23

Singles	77	13

Doubles	24	5

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	35	4

RBI	85	11

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	81	17

Strikeouts	87	50

Batting Average	.329	.192

On Base Pct	.443	.315

Slugging Pct	.640	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	1.083	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	149	‐

Runs	28	‐

Hits	45	‐

Singles	26	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	11	‐

RBI	30	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	25	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Batting Average	.305	‐

On Base Pct	.423	‐

Slugging Pct	.587	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	1.010	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Yordan Alvarez went 4-for-5 in Sunday's win over the Rangers with three doubles, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Mets sent MJ Melendez outright to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, one walk, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Mets designated MJ Melendez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a win over the Marlins with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Yordan Alvarez went 3-for-4 in Monday’s 8-5 win over the Marlins with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-3 in Saturday's 9-3 win over the Rangers with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and two RBI while drawing two walks. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Wed, Apr 29th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#88	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Yordan Alvarez (2026)

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