Who Should I Trade?

Mason Miller for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mason Miller RP - SD	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 10	# 121
VBR	# 113	# 316

Projections

Strikeouts	33	36
Wins	1	2
Saves	10	0
ERA	2.14	4.04
WHIP	0.98	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 11	# 92

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 7	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 16	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	# 128

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 4	# 178

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 24	# 37

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Miller RP - SD	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	11

Games Started	0	11

Innings Pitched	47.1	67.0

Wins	4	6

Losses	1	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	41

Earned Runs	4	13

Home Runs Allowed	0	8

Strikeouts	88	60

Walks	16	21

ERA	0.76	1.75

WHIP	0.80	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Miller RP - SD	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	12

Games Started	0	6

Innings Pitched	20.9	40.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	12	37

Earned Runs	5	18

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	33	36

Walks	8	13

ERA	2.14	4.04

WHIP	0.98	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Miller RP - SD	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
News
	Mason Miller told reporters after his first blown save Saturday that he was dealing with a cut on a finger on his pitching hand. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Mason Miller earned the save on Wednesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	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
	Mason Miller threw a clean inning for the save on Sunday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	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
	Mason Miller worked a clean inning for the save on Friday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Mason Miller worked a clean inning for the save on Sunday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Mason Miller RP - SD			Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Miller for Troy Melton (2026)

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