Who Should I Trade?

Matt Gage for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 121	# 374
VBR	# 316	# 927

Projections

Strikeouts	36	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	4.18
WHIP	1.27	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 178	# 359

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	# 430

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	34

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	67.0	27.1

Wins	6	4

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	41	28

Earned Runs	13	17

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	60	22

Walks	21	17

ERA	1.75	5.60

WHIP	0.93	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	8

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	40.2	7.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	37	7

Earned Runs	18	3

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	36	6

Walks	13	3

ERA	4.04	4.18

WHIP	1.27	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Matt Gage RP - SF
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	Matt Gage is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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 Giants activated Matt Gage from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	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	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Matt Gage will be activated from the injured list this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	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 Giants placed Matt Gage on the 15-day injured list with knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	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
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET			Matt Gage RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, May 25th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th				vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Gage for Troy Melton (2026)

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