Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Troy Melton (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 121	‐
VBR	# 316	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	36	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.04	‐
WHIP	1.27	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 178	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 113

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	1

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	67.0	2.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	41	1

Earned Runs	13	1

Home Runs Allowed	8	0

Strikeouts	60	3

Walks	21	1

ERA	1.75	3.86

WHIP	0.93	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	40.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	37	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	4.04	‐

WHIP	1.27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
News
	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	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	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	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	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 Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	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	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
	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	Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
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			Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS

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Cody Ponce for Troy Melton (2026)

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