Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 326	# 384
VBR	# 807	# 1269

Projections

Runs	14	2
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	11	2
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.231	.230

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 287	# 376

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 322	# 458

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Stats


At Bats	256	120

Runs	24	14

Hits	54	23

Singles	37	13

Doubles	10	5

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	4	4

RBI	23	11

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	28	17

Strikeouts	47	50

Batting Average	.211	.192

On Base Pct	.287	.315

Slugging Pct	.320	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.607	.665

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
2026 Projections


At Bats	112	16

Runs	14	2

Hits	26	4

Singles	17	2

Doubles	5	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	11	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	25	5

Batting Average	.231	.230

On Base Pct	.302	.292

Slugging Pct	.354	.447

On-base Plus Slugging	.656	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
News
	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	The Mets optioned MJ Melendez to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp 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
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th	The Mets recalled OF MJ Melendez from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	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
	The Tigers sent INF/OF Zach McKinstry on a rehab assignment to Single-A Lakeland. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET			MJ Melendez LF,DH - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, May 25th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

MJ Melendez for Zach McKinstry (2026)

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