Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 17	# 121
VBR	# 141	# 356

Projections

Strikeouts	33	36
Wins	2	2
Saves	12	0
ERA	2.85	4.08
WHIP	1.08	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 14	# 92

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 22	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 16	# 128

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	# 178

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	# 37

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	10

Games Started	0	10

Innings Pitched	48.0	60.0

Wins	3	5

Losses	1	1

Saves	29	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	40	38

Earned Runs	14	13

Home Runs Allowed	4	8

Strikeouts	67	55

Walks	11	19

ERA	2.63	1.95

WHIP	1.06	0.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	16

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	25.9	39.7

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	20	37

Earned Runs	8	18

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	33	36

Walks	7	13

ERA	2.85	4.08

WHIP	1.08	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
News
	Cade Smith struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Cade Smith needed just nine pitches to record a save in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins, allowing no hits or walks with no strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#126
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Troy Melton (2026)

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