Who Should I Trade?

Freddy Peralta for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 43	# 119
VBR	# 209	# 356

Projections

Strikeouts	67	36
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.06
WHIP	1.31	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	# 93

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 51	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 60	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	# 128

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 47	# 141

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 23	# 37

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	9

Games Started	21	9

Innings Pitched	109.2	55.0

Wins	5	5

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	113	33

Earned Runs	59	11

Home Runs Allowed	17	7

Strikeouts	110	50

Walks	46	15

ERA	4.84	1.80

WHIP	1.45	0.87

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	17

Games Started	11	5

Innings Pitched	65.0	39.9

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	37

Earned Runs	30	18

Home Runs Allowed	10	5

Strikeouts	67	36

Walks	26	13

ERA	4.13	4.06

WHIP	1.31	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
News
	Freddy Peralta allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 1/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Brewers. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	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 Cubs have reportedly shown interest in Freddy Peralta. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Freddy Peralta allowed two earned runs on three hits and five walks while striking out six over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Freddy Peralta allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Freddy Peralta took the loss Wednesday against the Blue Jays after allowing five runs on seven hits and three walks over four innings. He struck out four. Toronto scored four times with two outs in the third inning, highlighted by Sean Keys’ first career home run. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 2nd	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Freddy Peralta SP - NYM			Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Freddy Peralta for Troy Melton (2026)

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