Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Melton for Masataka Yoshida (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	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	# 288	‐
VBR	# 335	# 1214

Projections

Runs	14	3
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	14	3
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.272	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 279	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 242	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	227	‐

Runs	30	‐

Hits	60	‐

Singles	43	‐

Doubles	11	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	22	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	24	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Batting Average	.264	‐

On Base Pct	.341	‐

Slugging Pct	.388	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	110	23

Runs	14	3

Hits	30	5

Singles	21	3

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	14	3

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	2

Strikeouts	16	7

Batting Average	.272	.212

On Base Pct	.338	.273

Slugging Pct	.406	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	.617

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
News
	Masataka Yoshida went 2-for-4 in a win over the Dodgers with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Rays OF prospect Jacob Melton is dealing with right hamstring tightness. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Masataka Yoshida went 3-for-5 in Friday’s win over the Rays with a double, a home run, one RBI, and three runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-3 in a win over the Mets with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	Roman Anthony's recovery from a finger injury is taking longer than originally anticipated, clearing up the outfield and DH logjam that had limited Yoshida's playing time earlier in the season. Yoshida lost sight of a fly ball in left field in the fourth inning Sunday, allowing the Guardians to take a lead, before delivering a two-run single during Boston's six-run seventh inning to put the Red Sox ahead for good. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 1st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS			Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA

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Jacob Melton for Masataka Yoshida (2026)

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