Who Should I Trade?

Kervin Castro for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 118	‐
VBR	# 252	# 622

Projections

Strikeouts	39	12
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.06	4.21
WHIP	1.29	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	3

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	74.0	4.1

Wins	7	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	3

Earned Runs	13	1

Home Runs Allowed	8	0

Strikeouts	64	6

Walks	23	1

ERA	1.58	2.08

WHIP	0.91	0.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	16

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	44.5	12.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	41	11

Earned Runs	20	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	39	12

Walks	15	5

ERA	4.06	4.21

WHIP	1.29	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
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 Yankees optioned Kervin Castro to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow 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	The Yankees recalled Kervin Castro from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Kervin Castro has been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The move was made to make room for Carlos Rodon (elbow), who was activated from the IL and will make his season debut on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 10th
	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	Kervin Castro has been called up to the Yankees' roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He should be available out of the bullpen on Friday in Milwaukee. David Leisering Fri, May 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	Righthander Kervin Castro has been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre by the New York Yankees. David Leisering Fri, Mar 20th
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			Kervin Castro RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Kervin Castro for Troy Melton (2026)

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