Who Should I Trade?

Scott Blewett for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 120	‐
VBR	# 252	# 723

Projections

Strikeouts	39	12
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.06	4.53
WHIP	1.29	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 119	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Scott Blewett RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	3

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	74.0	5.1

Wins	7	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	7

Earned Runs	13	1

Home Runs Allowed	8	0

Strikeouts	64	4

Walks	23	2

ERA	1.58	1.69

WHIP	0.91	1.69

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Scott Blewett RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	17

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	44.5	14.3

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	41	14

Earned Runs	20	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	39	12

Walks	15	5

ERA	4.06	4.53

WHIP	1.29	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Scott Blewett RP - ATH
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 Athletics acquired RHP Scott Blewett from the Cardinals for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	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	The Cardinals designated Scott Blewett for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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 Cardinals selected the contract of Scott Blewett. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Scott Blewett is opting out of his minor league deal with the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	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
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET			Scott Blewett RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Scott Blewett for Troy Melton (2026)

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