Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Jacob Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 183	‐
VBR	# 309	# 1224

Projections

Runs	19	3
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	17	3
Stolen Bases	2	2
Batting Average	.243	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 131	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	156	‐

Runs	22	‐

Hits	37	‐

Singles	22	‐

Doubles	10	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	20	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	16	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Batting Average	.237	‐

On Base Pct	.314	‐

Slugging Pct	.385	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.699	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	151	25

Runs	19	3

Hits	37	5

Singles	24	3

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	17	3

Stolen Bases	2	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	14	2

Strikeouts	45	8

Batting Average	.243	.213

On Base Pct	.312	.272

Slugging Pct	.389	.354

On-base Plus Slugging	.702	.626

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
News
	Braden Montgomery went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Astros with one run scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-5 in a win over the Blue Jays with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-5 in a win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS			Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs DET	Ty Madden	#249
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for Jacob Melton (2026)

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