Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Farris for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 119	# 304
VBR	# 356	# 685

Projections

Strikeouts	36	18
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.06	4.52
WHIP	1.28	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 141	# 438

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	# 222

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Mitch Farris SP,RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	21

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	55.0	42.2

Wins	5	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	33	42

Earned Runs	11	17

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	50	42

Walks	15	18

ERA	1.80	3.59

WHIP	0.87	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Mitch Farris SP,RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	20

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	39.9	18.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	37	17

Earned Runs	18	9

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	36	18

Walks	13	8

ERA	4.06	4.52

WHIP	1.28	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Mitch Farris SP,RP - LAA
News
	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	The Angels recalled LHP Mitch Farris from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	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 Angels optioned Mitch Farris to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	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	The Angels have recalled left-hander Mitch Farris from Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 6th
	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 Angels have optioned left-hander Mitch Parris to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton pitched six innings of one-run ball while earning the win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st
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			Mitch Farris SP,RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Farris for Troy Melton (2026)

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