Who Should I Trade?

Michael Soroka for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 109	# 118
VBR	# 267	# 252

Projections

Strikeouts	40	39
Wins	3	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.06
WHIP	1.32	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 59	# 90

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 59	# 128

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 93	# 119

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 37

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	12

Games Started	15	12

Innings Pitched	82.0	74.0

Wins	8	7

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	72	44

Earned Runs	28	13

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	79	64

Walks	17	23

ERA	3.07	1.58

WHIP	1.09	0.91

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


Games Played	9	11

Games Started	7	8

Innings Pitched	40.4	44.5

Wins	3	3

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	37	41

Earned Runs	19	20

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	40	39

Walks	13	15

ERA	4.13	4.06

WHIP	1.32	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said his “gut feel” is that Michael Soroka will need only one minor league rehab start. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Michael Soroka will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a simulated game on Saturday. 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
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Michael Soroka will throw bullpens on Saturday and Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI			Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Sun, Aug 30th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Soroka for Troy Melton (2026)

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