Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 118	# 306
VBR	# 316	# 576

Projections

Strikeouts	36	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	4.28
WHIP	1.27	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 119	# 396

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	# 228

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	42

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	67.0	69.2

Wins	6	4

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	41	53

Earned Runs	13	28

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	60	71

Walks	21	32

ERA	1.75	3.62

WHIP	0.93	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	18

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	40.2	16.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	37	15

Earned Runs	18	8

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	36	16

Walks	13	7

ERA	4.04	4.28

WHIP	1.27	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
News
	Troy Melton allowed three hits and two walks while striking out five over seven scoreless innings in Tuesday's win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton pitched five innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits and four walks and didn't factor into the decision in an eventual 4-3 win over the Royals on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Troy Melton allowed one earned run on four hits and four walks while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Friday's win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton allowed just one unearned run on four hits and one walk across 5 1/3 innings, earning the win over the Athletics on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Troy Melton allowed two hits and one walk while striking out seven over 6 1/3 scoreless innings in Wednesday's win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET			AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Troy Melton (2026)

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