Who Should I Trade?

Brayan Bello for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 79	# 280
VBR	# 257	# 518

Projections

Strikeouts	24	17
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	4.21
WHIP	1.30	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 84	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 122	# 178

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	# 470

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	20

Games Started	16	8

Innings Pitched	97.0	90.1

Wins	7	5

Losses	3	6

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	70	98

Earned Runs	21	47

Home Runs Allowed	10	11

Strikeouts	80	68

Walks	28	30

ERA	1.95	4.68

WHIP	1.01	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	10

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	28.1	20.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	21

Earned Runs	13	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	24	17

Walks	9	7

ERA	4.04	4.21

WHIP	1.30	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
News
	Troy Melton allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits and three walks while striking out three over 5 2/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd	Brayan Bello allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out three over 4 2/3 innings in Monday's win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th
	Troy Melton allowed three earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Brayan Bello is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Troy Melton allowed one unearned run on four hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 10th	Brayan Bello allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out four over four innings in a loss to the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
	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	Brayan Bello allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five over 5 1/3 scoreless innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	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 Red Sox recalled Brayan Bello from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
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			Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#241	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#406
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#310	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#422	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Brayan Bello for Troy Melton (2026)

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