Who Should I Trade?

Nick Sandlin for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 121	‐
VBR	# 337	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	34	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	4.36
WHIP	1.29	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 92	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 178	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Nick Sandlin RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	8

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	67.0	8.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	41	9

Earned Runs	13	11

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	60	6

Walks	21	5

ERA	1.75	11.42

WHIP	0.93	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Nick Sandlin RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	21

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	38.8	8.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	36	8

Earned Runs	17	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	34	8

Walks	13	4

ERA	4.04	4.36

WHIP	1.29	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Nick Sandlin RP - DET
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	The Tigers signed RHP Nick Sandlin to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	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	Nick Sandlin elected free agency. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	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 designated Nick Sandlin for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 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	The Angels selected the contract of RHP Nick Sandlin from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
	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 reassigned right-hander Nick Sandlin (elbow) to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 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			Nick Sandlin RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#105	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#275	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#275
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#102	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Sandlin for Troy Melton (2026)

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