Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Mitchell for Jacob Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Garrett Mitchell CF,RF - MIL	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 185	‐
VBR	# 234	# 1213

Projections

Runs	21	3
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	19	3
Stolen Bases	5	2
Batting Average	.237	.210

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 189	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 177	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 184	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Garrett Mitchell CF,RF - MIL	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	301	‐

Runs	46	‐

Hits	80	‐

Singles	47	‐

Doubles	22	‐

Triples	3	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	48	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	5	‐

Walks	40	‐

Strikeouts	111	‐

Batting Average	.266	‐

On Base Pct	.355	‐

Slugging Pct	.439	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.793	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Garrett Mitchell CF,RF - MIL	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	148	27

Runs	21	3

Hits	35	6

Singles	22	4

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	19	3

Stolen Bases	5	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	18	2

Strikeouts	52	8

Batting Average	.237	.210

On Base Pct	.322	.275

Slugging Pct	.395	.348

On-base Plus Slugging	.717	.624

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Garrett Mitchell CF,RF - MIL	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
News
	Garrett Mitchell went 3-for-5 in Saturday's 8-6 win over the Marlins with a double, one run scored, one stolen base, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Garrett Mitchell went 1-for-4 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Garrett Mitchell went 1-for-3 in loss to the Reds with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd
	Garrett Mitchell went 4-for-4 in a win over the Reds with two doubles, a triple, one run scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	Garrett Mitchell suffered a leg cramp in Saturday's game against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Garrett Mitchell CF,RF - MIL			Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs DET	Ty Madden	#257
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ PHI
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 10th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Mitchell for Jacob Melton (2026)

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