Who Should I Trade?

Peyton Pallette for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 119	‐
VBR	# 360	# 892

Projections

Strikeouts	38	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.07	4.87
WHIP	1.28	1.59

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	# 405

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


Games Played	9	16

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	55.0	20.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	33	17

Earned Runs	11	12

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	50	22

Walks	15	16

ERA	1.80	5.23

WHIP	0.87	1.60

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


Games Played	19	12

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	42.8	4.9

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	40	5

Earned Runs	19	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	38	5

Walks	14	3

ERA	4.07	4.87

WHIP	1.28	1.59

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Peyton Pallette RP - CWS
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	Peyton Pallette is headed back to the White Sox organization. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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 Guardians designated RHP Peyton Pallette for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	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 Guardians placed RHP Peyton Pallette on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	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	Pallette has been informed he made Cleveland's Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé 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	Peyton Pallette has begun throwing live batting practice sessions. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Feb 27th
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 Pallette RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sat, May 23rd				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#198	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco	#212
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Peyton Pallette for Troy Melton (2026)

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