Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Melton for TJ Friedl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	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	# 267	‐
VBR	# 460	# 1232

Projections

Runs	18	4
Home Runs	4	1
RBI	15	3
Stolen Bases	3	2
Batting Average	.235	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 250	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 252	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 259	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 415	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	196	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	34	‐

Singles	24	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	11	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	20	‐

Strikeouts	52	‐

Batting Average	.174	‐

On Base Pct	.262	‐

Slugging Pct	.260	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.523	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	135	30

Runs	18	4

Hits	32	6

Singles	22	4

Doubles	5	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	1

RBI	15	3

Stolen Bases	3	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	3

Strikeouts	29	9

Batting Average	.235	.213

On Base Pct	.323	.281

Slugging Pct	.366	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.690	.645

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
News
	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	Jacob Melton suffered a lower leg injury in Wednesday’s game for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	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
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 6-4 win over the Rockies on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 3-for-4 with a homer in a 9-2 rout of the Tigers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Apr 25th
	TJ Friedl went 2-for-5 with three RBI in the Reds 7-4 win over the Twins in 10 innings on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN			Jacob Melton LF,CF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, May 22nd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, May 24th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs DET	Ty Madden	#285
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Melton for TJ Friedl (2026)

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