Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Melton for Ryan Vilade (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Vilade 1B,LF,RF - TB	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	# 304	‐
VBR	# 1103	# 1232

Projections

Runs	10	4
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	11	3
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.243	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 355	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 208	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Vilade 1B,LF,RF - TB	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	148	‐

Runs	17	‐

Hits	38	‐

Singles	23	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	7	‐

RBI	31	‐

Stolen Bases	3	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Batting Average	.257	‐

On Base Pct	.319	‐

Slugging Pct	.460	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Vilade 1B,LF,RF - TB	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	83	30

Runs	10	4

Hits	20	6

Singles	13	4

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	11	3

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	3

Strikeouts	22	9

Batting Average	.243	.213

On Base Pct	.309	.281

Slugging Pct	.398	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.706	.645

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Vilade 1B,LF,RF - TB	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
News
	Ryan Vilade went 1-for-1 with a three-run home run in Saturday's 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Ryan Vilade went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 10-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Ryan Vilade went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st
	Ryan Vilade went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Monday's 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 16th
	Ryan Vilade went 1-for-2 with a walk and one stolen base in Monday's 3-1 win over the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Vilade 1B,LF,RF - TB			Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#285	vs DET	Ty Madden	#285
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Melton for Ryan Vilade (2026)

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