Who Should I Trade?

Blake Perkins for Jacob Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - CLE	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1235	# 1217

Projections

Runs	4	3
Home Runs	1	1
RBI	3	3
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.215	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 452	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - CLE	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	89	‐

Runs	14	‐

Hits	14	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Batting Average	.157	‐

On Base Pct	.250	‐

Slugging Pct	.258	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.508	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - CLE	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	34	23

Runs	4	3

Hits	7	5

Singles	5	3

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	3	3

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	2

Strikeouts	10	7

Batting Average	.215	.212

On Base Pct	.297	.273

Slugging Pct	.332	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	.629	.617

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - CLE	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
News
	The Guardians acquired OF Blake Perkins and RHP Craig Yoho from the Guardians for C Bo Naylor and RHP Codi Heuer. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Rays OF prospect Jacob Melton is dealing with right hamstring tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Brewers recalled OF Blake Perkins from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Blake Perkins was optioned to Triple-A Nashville ahead of Tuesday's doubleheader. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	Melton (thumb) is dealing with minor soreness in his left thumb and was held out of Thursday's Grapefruit League matchup with Boston. He is 2-for-9 with one home run, one walk and five strikeouts across four spring appearances. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	Blake Perkins went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Phillies with a double and a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th
	Blake Perkins went 0-for-3 in a win over the Twins with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Blake Perkins LF,CF,RF - CLE			Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Apr 4th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Sun, Jun 14th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Perkins for Jacob Melton (2026)

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