Who Should I Trade?

Kohl Drake for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 119	‐
VBR	# 356	# 720

Projections

Strikeouts	36	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.08	4.52
WHIP	1.28	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	Kohl Drake SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	1

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	60.0	5.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	4

Earned Runs	13	1

Home Runs Allowed	8	0

Strikeouts	55	5

Walks	19	2

ERA	1.95	1.80

WHIP	0.95	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Kohl Drake SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	9

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	39.7	18.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	37	18

Earned Runs	18	9

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	36	16

Walks	13	7

ERA	4.08	4.52

WHIP	1.28	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Kohl Drake SP - ARI
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	Kohl Drake allowed one run on four hits over five innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Kohl Drake was seen in the Diamondbacks clubhouse on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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 Diamondbacks optioned Kohl Drake to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Kohl Drake will work in a long relief role out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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 Diamondbacks recalled LHP Kohl Drake from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET			Kohl Drake SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#126	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SD
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Kohl Drake for Troy Melton (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation