Jacob Melton or Zach McKinstry

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Jacob Melton or Zach McKinstry Player Statistics
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	324	‐

Runs	35	‐

Hits	71	‐

Singles	49	‐

Doubles	15	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	26	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	5	‐

Walks	37	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Batting Average	.219	‐

On Base Pct	.301	‐

Slugging Pct	.321	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.622	‐

Jacob Melton or Zach McKinstry Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	365	123

Runs	49	15

Hits	87	26

Singles	56	17

Doubles	17	5

Triples	5	0

Home Runs	8	3

RBI	38	14

Stolen Bases	14	8

Caught Stealing	3	2

Walks	34	10

Strikeouts	88	38

Batting Average	.239	.213

On Base Pct	.304	.274

Slugging Pct	.379	.342

On-base Plus Slugging	.683	.617

Jacob Melton or Zach McKinstry Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
News
	Zach McKinstry went 3-for-4 in Monday's 8-5 win over the Pirates with a double, one run scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th	Rays OF prospect Jacob Melton is dealing with right hamstring tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	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	Melton (thumb) is dealing with minor soreness in his left thumb and was held out of Thursday's Grapefruit League matchup with Boston. He is 2-for-9 with one home run, one walk and five strikeouts across four spring appearances. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	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
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
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Jacob Melton or Zach McKinstry Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - DET			Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#241	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#310	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#422	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#162
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH