Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 119	‐
VBR	# 360	# 992

Projections

Strikeouts	38	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.07	4.37
WHIP	1.28	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
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	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	8

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	42.8	7.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	40	7

Earned Runs	19	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	38	6

Walks	14	3

ERA	4.07	4.37

WHIP	1.28	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
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	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 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	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	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	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 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	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	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	Vargas is not eligible to return until late May, and it remains unclear whether he has resumed throwing or is still shut down. He has been out all season with a right lat strain. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
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			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sat, May 23rd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 25th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th				@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#198	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#235
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Troy Melton (2026)

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