Who Should I Trade?

Dane Myers for Jacob Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dane Myers LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 361	‐
VBR	# 774	# 1213

Projections

Runs	12	4
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	11	4
Stolen Bases	3	2
Batting Average	.246	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 316	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 367	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dane Myers LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	127	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	33	‐

Singles	23	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	14	‐

Stolen Bases	6	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	20	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Batting Average	.260	‐

On Base Pct	.367	‐

Slugging Pct	.386	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.753	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dane Myers LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	90	31

Runs	12	4

Hits	22	7

Singles	15	4

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	11	4

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	25	10

Batting Average	.246	.213

On Base Pct	.313	.280

Slugging Pct	.383	.361

On-base Plus Slugging	.696	.641

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dane Myers LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
News
	Reds outfielder Dane Myers went 1-for-3 with a stolen base in an 8-0 loss to the Mariners on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	The Reds activated Dane Myers from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Dane Myers is hopeful to be activated from the injured list for the Cincinnati Reds' first game after the All-Star break on July 17 against the Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Dane Myers received an injection in his AC joint on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
	The Reds have placed outfielder Dane Myers on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder contusion. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dane Myers LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN			Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs DET	Ty Madden	#298
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, May 22nd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, May 24th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Dane Myers for Jacob Melton (2026)

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