Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Melton for James Outman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	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	# 371	‐
VBR	# 1128	# 1212

Projections

Runs	12	4
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	10	4
Stolen Bases	3	2
Batting Average	.201	.216

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 335	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 433	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	137	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	21	‐

Singles	12	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	13	‐

Stolen Bases	6	‐

Caught Stealing	2	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	63	‐

Batting Average	.153	‐

On Base Pct	.216	‐

Slugging Pct	.277	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.494	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	86	31

Runs	12	4

Hits	17	7

Singles	10	4

Doubles	3	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	10	4

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	3

Strikeouts	33	10

Batting Average	.201	.216

On Base Pct	.284	.282

Slugging Pct	.369	.363

On-base Plus Slugging	.652	.645

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
News
	Tigers outfielder James Outman went 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk in a 9-3 win over the Yankees on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st	Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	James Outman went 1-for-2 in a win over the Astros with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Tigers outfielder James Outman went 2-for-2 with an RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base in a 4-1 win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st
	The Tigers have added outfielder James Outman to the active roster on Friday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th
	James Outman was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. Diego Sandoval Thu, Jun 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	James Outman LF,CF,RF - DET			Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs DET	Ty Madden	#296
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Melton for James Outman (2026)

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