Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bennett for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 112	# 121
VBR	# 361	# 356

Projections

Strikeouts	33	36
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	4.08
WHIP	1.36	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 66	# 92

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 177	# 178

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	# 37

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 128

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	10

Innings Pitched	59.1	60.0

Wins	6	5

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	38

Earned Runs	17	13

Home Runs Allowed	4	8

Strikeouts	42	55

Walks	9	19

ERA	2.58	1.95

WHIP	0.94	0.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	16

Games Started	8	5

Innings Pitched	44.3	39.7

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	37

Earned Runs	21	18

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	33	36

Walks	13	13

ERA	4.35	4.08

WHIP	1.36	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
News
	Jake Bennett allowed three earned runs on nine hits while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in a win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton pitched five innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits and four walks and didn't factor into the decision in an eventual 4-3 win over the Royals on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Jake Bennett will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Troy Melton allowed one earned run on four hits and four walks while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Friday's win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Jake Bennett allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three over six scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton allowed just one unearned run on four hits and one walk across 5 1/3 innings, earning the win over the Athletics on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Jake Bennett will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Troy Melton allowed two hits and one walk while striking out seven over 6 1/3 scoreless innings in Wednesday's win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	Jake Bennett earned the win Wednesday against the White Sox after allowing four hits and one walk over seven scoreless innings. He struck out four while scattering four singles in his fourth victory of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th	Troy Melton allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out six over six innings in Thursday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS			Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#126
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 9th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bennett for Troy Melton (2026)

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