Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 120	‐
VBR	# 252	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	39	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.06	‐
WHIP	1.29	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 119	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	74.0	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	44	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	64	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	1.58	‐

WHIP	0.91	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	44.5	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	41	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	39	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.06	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
News
	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton pitched seven scoreless innings while allowing just three hits and two walks in a win over the Mariners on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Aug 5th	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	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	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	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	Kansas City optioned Kudrna to Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. He made his first appearance at that level last season, surrendering 18 earned runs across 11.1 innings. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	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	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET			Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

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Ben Kudrna for Troy Melton (2026)

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