Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Melton for Jose Barrero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB	Jose Barrero 3B,SS,CF - BAL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 442

Projections

Runs	‐	1
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	1
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.185

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB	Jose Barrero 3B,SS,CF - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	‐	6

Runs	‐	0

Hits	‐	1

Singles	‐	1

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	0

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	3

Batting Average	‐	.167

On Base Pct	‐	.167

Slugging Pct	‐	.167

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.333

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB	Jose Barrero 3B,SS,CF - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	6

Runs	‐	1

Hits	‐	1

Singles	‐	1

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	1

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	2

Batting Average	‐	.185

On Base Pct	‐	.216

Slugging Pct	‐	.266

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.482

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB	Jose Barrero 3B,SS,CF - BAL
News
	The Rays recalled Jacob Melton from Triple-A and placed him on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 15th	The Orioles selected the contract of INF/OF José Barrero from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 16th
	Rays OF prospect Jacob Melton is dealing with right hamstring tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Orioles optioned INF José Barrero to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd	The Orioles have informed utility player Jose Barrero that he has not made the Opening Day roster and will begin the season at Triple-A Norfolk. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB			Jose Barrero 3B,SS,CF - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#93	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#62	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#59
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-3)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#247	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#234	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#258	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#22	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#102	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#125
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#171
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#47
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#181	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#75
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#245	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#244
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#177	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#70	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#21
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#203	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#89	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#127	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#21	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#71
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-6)	#260
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#231	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-6)	#260
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#36	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#101
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#121	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#166	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#134
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#89	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#203	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#266	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#253
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#41	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#84	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#266
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#154
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#212	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#125	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#131
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#130	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#197
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#169	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#234
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#144	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#86	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#130
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#134	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#47	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#174
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#27	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#131	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#233	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#265	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#59
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#79
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#268	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#126
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#158	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-6)	#260
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#58
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#106	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#93
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#87	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#177	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#256
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)		@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#198
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#45	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#265
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#203
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (2-0)	#200	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#69
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#165	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#74
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#52
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (2-0)	#160	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#169	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#101
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#91	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#45
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#186	@ NYM	Xzavion Curry (0-1)
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#256
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#69	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#108	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#44
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#86	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#22
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15	vs TOR	CJ Van Eyk (0-2)	#199
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#156
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI	Jose Urquidy	#214
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, May 9th				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#147
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#108
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#12
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#12
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#191
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#154
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#47
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#64
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#24

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Melton for Jose Barrero (2026)

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