Who Should I Trade?

Jayden Murray for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 119	‐
VBR	# 349	# 996

Projections

Strikeouts	35	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.06	4.42
WHIP	1.29	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	60.0	16.1

Wins	5	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	25

Earned Runs	13	17

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	55	14

Walks	19	9

ERA	1.95	9.37

WHIP	0.95	2.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	11

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	38.7	7.8

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	36	7

Earned Runs	17	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	35	7

Walks	13	3

ERA	4.06	4.42

WHIP	1.29	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Jayden Murray RP - CHC
News
	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	The Cubs optioned RHP Jayden Murray to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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	Jayden Murray reported to join the Cubs on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	The Astros traded Jayden Murray to the Cubs for minor-league first baseman Cameron Sisneros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	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	The Astros designated Jayden Murray for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	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	The Astros recalled Jayden Murray from Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET			Jayden Murray RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#209	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#143	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#179	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#366	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Jayden Murray for Troy Melton (2026)

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