Who Should I Trade?

Troy Melton for William Kempner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 119	‐
VBR	# 360	# 814

Projections

Strikeouts	38	10
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.07	4.25
WHIP	1.28	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 96	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 121	# 391

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	9

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	55.0	12.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	33	8

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	50	14

Walks	15	4

ERA	1.80	2.92

WHIP	0.87	0.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	11

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	42.8	9.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	40	8

Earned Runs	19	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	38	10

Walks	14	5

ERA	4.07	4.25

WHIP	1.28	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	William Kempner RP - MIA
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	William Kempner remains shut down from throwing. 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	The Miami Marlins placed William Kempner on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a right elbow sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	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 Marlins recalled William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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 Marlins optioned RHP Will Kempner to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	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	The Marlins recalled RHP William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksoville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
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			William Kempner RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 25th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Troy Melton for William Kempner (2026)

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