Who Should I Trade?

Justin Lawrence for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 118	‐
VBR	# 252	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	40	9
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.07	3.54
WHIP	1.29	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 119	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	37

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	67.0	34.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	41	39

Earned Runs	13	28

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	60	43

Walks	21	28

ERA	1.75	7.34

WHIP	0.93	1.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	22

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	45.1	8.9

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	42	8

Earned Runs	20	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	40	9

Walks	15	5

ERA	4.07	3.54

WHIP	1.29	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
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	The Nationals sent Justin Lawrence outright to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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 Nationals designated Justin Lawrence for assignment. 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	Justin Lawrence allowed a hit and a walk but no runs to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 28th
	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	Justin Lawrence joins the Nationals bullpen on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	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 Nationals have claimed RHP Justin Lawrence off waivers from the Twins. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
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			Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Lawrence for Troy Melton (2026)

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