Who Should I Trade?

Shohei Ohtani for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	# 118
VBR	# 1	# 252

Projections

Strikeouts	19	40
Wins	1	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.31	4.07
WHIP	1.19	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	# 128

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 119

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 37

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 90

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	11

Games Started	14	11

Innings Pitched	85.2	67.0

Wins	8	6

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	41

Earned Runs	17	13

Home Runs Allowed	4	8

Strikeouts	95	60

Walks	26	21

ERA	1.79	1.75

WHIP	0.95	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	11

Games Started	3	8

Innings Pitched	16.4	45.1

Wins	1	3

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	42

Earned Runs	6	20

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	19	40

Walks	6	15

ERA	3.31	4.07

WHIP	1.19	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to begin catch play again in Chicago this week. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-5 in a loss to Boston with a home run, a double, two runs scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Shohei Ohtani will be back in the Dodgers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is not in Thursday's lineup due to knee soreness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	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
	Shohei Ohtani is not in the Dodgers lineup on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	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
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs PIT
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Sat, Jul 18th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Shohei Ohtani for Troy Melton (2026)

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