Who Should I Trade?

Troy Melton for Wikelman Gonzalez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 121	‐
VBR	# 316	# 1018

Projections

Strikeouts	36	11
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	4.37
WHIP	1.27	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	Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	67.0	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	41	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	60	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	1.75	‐

WHIP	0.93	‐

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


Games Played	12	15

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	40.2	11.5

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	37	10

Earned Runs	18	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	36	11

Walks	13	6

ERA	4.04	4.37

WHIP	1.27	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
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	Gonzalez (back) surrendered three earned runs on five hits and six walks across 3.1 innings during his first three spring outings. Last Tuesday marked his most recent Cactus League appearance, with a back issue keeping him off the field since then. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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	Wikelman Gonzalez was removed from Tuesday’s spring training game against the Padres with lower back tightness. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	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
	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
	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			Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
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
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
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			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
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 23rd				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jun 14th				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Troy Melton for Wikelman Gonzalez (2026)

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