Who Should I Trade?

Ben Peoples 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	Ben Peoples RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 121	‐
VBR	# 330	# 695

Projections

Strikeouts	36	12
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.11	4.33
WHIP	1.29	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 178	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	‐

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


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	67.0	10.0

Wins	6	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	41	9

Earned Runs	13	3

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	60	5

Walks	21	1

ERA	1.75	2.70

WHIP	0.93	1.00

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


Games Played	11	17

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	40.4	13.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	38	12

Earned Runs	18	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	36	12

Walks	13	6

ERA	4.11	4.33

WHIP	1.29	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Ben Peoples RP - TEX
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 Rangers selected the contract of Ben Peoples. 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	Ben Peoples is in the Rangers clubhouse on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	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 Rangers acquired RHP Ben Peoples from the White Sox for C Ben Hartl. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	The White Sox have reassigned right-hander Ben Peoples to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
	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
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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 Peoples RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Peoples for Troy Melton (2026)

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