Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Troy Melton (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Alex Vesia RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 121	# 149
VBR	# 356	# 371

Projections

Strikeouts	37	25
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.09	3.48
WHIP	1.29	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	# 138

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	# 137

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	# 287

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 178	# 83

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Alex Vesia RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	46

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	60.0	35.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	17

Hits Allowed	38	18

Earned Runs	13	10

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	55	50

Walks	19	24

ERA	1.95	2.55

WHIP	0.95	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Alex Vesia RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	23

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	42.0	20.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	39	15

Earned Runs	19	8

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	37	25

Walks	14	9

ERA	4.09	3.48

WHIP	1.29	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Alex Vesia RP - LAD
News
	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	Alex Vesia allowed no hits while walking two and striking out one in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Rays. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th
	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	Alex Vesia struck out three batters on 10 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Wed, Apr 15th
	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	Alex Vesia came in to face one batter to pick up the save in the win versus the Rangers. Chase Davis Sun, Apr 12th
	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	Alex Vesia was preparing to face live hitters on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th
	Troy Melton allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out six over six innings in Thursday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET			Alex Vesia RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#219	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, May 25th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#135	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#244
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#377	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SF
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Troy Melton (2026)

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