Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Erceg for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 121	# 161
VBR	# 337	# 591

Projections

Strikeouts	34	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.04	4.10
WHIP	1.29	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	# 150

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	# 150

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 178	# 210

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	# 203

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Lucas Erceg RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	42

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	67.0	40.0

Wins	6	4

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	12

Blown Saves	0	6

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	41	44

Earned Runs	13	26

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	60	28

Walks	21	24

ERA	1.75	5.85

WHIP	0.93	1.70

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Lucas Erceg RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	21

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	38.8	18.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	36	17

Earned Runs	17	8

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	34	16

Walks	13	8

ERA	4.04	4.10

WHIP	1.29	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Lucas Erceg RP - KC
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	Lucas Erceg allowed three runs, one earned, on two hits over one inning in Friday's 7-6 win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Lucas Erceg allowed two hits without a walk or strikeout while tossing a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	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	Royals manager Matt Quatraro said Wednesday that he will play the matchups in the ninth inning for the short term. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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	Lucas Erceg took his second consecutive loss on Saturday, allowing five straight hits, including a home run, and three runs, without recording an out. Chase Davis Sun, May 31st
	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	Lucas Erceg worked around a walk in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Cardinals. Chase Davis Mon, May 18th
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			Lucas Erceg RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sun, Jun 14th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Erceg for Troy Melton (2026)

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