Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 119	‐
VBR	# 360	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	38	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.07	‐
WHIP	1.28	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 96	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 121	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	‐

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


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	55.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	33	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	50	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	1.80	‐

WHIP	0.87	‐

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


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	42.8	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.07	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	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
	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
	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton pitched six innings of one-run ball while earning the win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st
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			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, May 25th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428
Sun, Jun 14th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Troy Melton (2026)

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