Who Should I Trade?

Peyton Gray for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 119	# 256
VBR	# 341	# 405

Projections

Strikeouts	37	24
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.02	4.10
WHIP	1.28	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 141	# 287

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	# 235

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Peyton Gray RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	29

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	55.0	35.2

Wins	5	4

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	33	32

Earned Runs	11	14

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	50	38

Walks	15	12

ERA	1.80	3.53

WHIP	0.87	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Peyton Gray RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	25

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	24.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	38	23

Earned Runs	18	11

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	37	24

Walks	13	9

ERA	4.02	4.10

WHIP	1.28	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Peyton Gray RP - TEX
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	Gray gave up nine runs — five earned — over two appearances against Houston and Colorado between May 18 and May 25 but has allowed just one earned run with a 7:0 K:BB across 4.1 innings over his last four outings. He picked up the win Friday against Cleveland, entering in the sixth inning and retiring all five batters he faced. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th
	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	Peyton Gray said his right wrist is fine. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	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	Peyton Gray left Thursday’s game in the eighth inning after taking a liner off his left wrist/forearm. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	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 Rangers selected the contract of RHP Peyton Gray from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	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			Peyton Gray RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Peyton Gray for Troy Melton (2026)

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