Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Rico Garcia RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 121	# 162
VBR	# 316	# 498

Projections

Strikeouts	36	18
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.04	4.24
WHIP	1.27	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	# 147

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 178	# 231

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	# 224

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	# 113

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Rico Garcia RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	51

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	67.0	47.1

Wins	6	4

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	5

Blown Saves	0	5

Holds	0	12

Hits Allowed	41	27

Earned Runs	13	16

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	60	49

Walks	21	14

ERA	1.75	3.04

WHIP	0.93	0.87

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Rico Garcia RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	20

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	40.2	17.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	37	15

Earned Runs	18	8

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	36	18

Walks	13	7

ERA	4.04	4.24

WHIP	1.27	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Rico Garcia RP - BAL
News
	Troy Melton allowed three hits and two walks while striking out five over seven scoreless innings in Tuesday's win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Rico Garcia struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	Rico Garcia struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Mon, May 11th
	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	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th
	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	Rico Garcia pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing two walks, while striking out two to earn the save in the Orioles win over the White Sox Wednesday. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 8th
	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
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			Rico Garcia RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Troy Melton (2026)

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