Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 53	# 121
VBR	# 311	# 330

Projections

Strikeouts	40	36
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.11
WHIP	1.33	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	# 92

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 69	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 54	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 50	# 128

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 178

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 47	# 37

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	11

Games Started	20	11

Innings Pitched	110.1	67.0

Wins	6	6

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	41

Earned Runs	40	13

Home Runs Allowed	14	8

Strikeouts	102	60

Walks	27	21

ERA	3.26	1.75

WHIP	1.04	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	11

Games Started	7	6

Innings Pitched	45.5	40.4

Wins	3	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	38

Earned Runs	22	18

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	40	36

Walks	14	13

ERA	4.31	4.11

WHIP	1.33	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
News
	Emerson Hancock allowed three runs on eight hits over five innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Wednesday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	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
	ESPN’s Jeff Passan said that he expects Emerson Hancock to be traded at the deadline. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	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 Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon reported that the Mariners are “open” to moving Emerson Hancock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Emerson Hancock allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA			Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 1st				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Troy Melton (2026)

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