Who Should I Trade?

Christian Franklin for Jacob Melton (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1325	# 1214

Projections

Runs	1	3
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	1	3
Stolen Bases	0	2
Batting Average	.184	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	‐

Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	6	23

Runs	1	3

Hits	1	5

Singles	1	3

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	1	3

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	2

Strikeouts	2	7

Batting Average	.184	.212

On Base Pct	.285	.273

Slugging Pct	.225	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	.510	.617

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
News
	The Nationals have optioned outfielder Christian Franklin to Triple-A Rochester. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th	Rays OF prospect Jacob Melton is dealing with right hamstring tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
		Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
		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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Franklin LF,CF,RF - BAL			Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Franklin for Jacob Melton (2026)

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