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Troy Melton

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #52

Born: December 3, 2000 in Newport Beach, CA, United States
MLB debut: July 23, 2025
Drafted: 2022, round 4
College: San Diego State
High school: Canyon

dbWAR: 1.6
IP: 114.1
ERA: 2.83
FIP: 4.09
K/9: 7.4
FIP−: 98

Troy Melton is a starting pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2026 he struck out 94 batters over 114.1 innings across 20 appearances, 20 of them starts, going 8-5. His ERA of 2.83 is 32.2% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 4th of 20 on his team, and 73rd of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.09 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.4% of swings (11.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.0%. His 1.5 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP4.09

K/97.4

WHIP1.13

WAR1.5

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	DET	20	20	114.1	8	5	0	92	36	94	37	2.83	4.09	1.13	7.4	2.9	68	98	1.5
2025	DET	16	4	45.2	3	2	0	31	14	36	15	2.76	4.60	1.01	7.1	3.0	66	111	0.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	279	245	56	11	26	51	.229	.313	.437	.329	18.3%
vs RHB	191	178	36	2	11	43	.202	.257	.287	.247	22.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Troy Melton throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	32.8%	582	96.4	2,266	43.8%	17.6%	136	.235	.740
Cutter	21.7%	385	92.2	2,331	49.9%	19.7%	98	.184	.575
Slider	17.1%	303	86.9	2,422	46.9%	32.5%	81	.222	.762
Sinker	9.1%	162	95.7	2,130	48.8%	20.7%	33	.273	.688
Curveball	7.9%	140	79.5	2,466	52.1%	32.3%	28	.214	.589
Splitter	7.4%	131	89.0	1,303	34.4%	36.1%	33	.152	.364
Changeup	3.9%	69	89.8	1,308	26.1%	19.4%	14	—	—

Troy Melton's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Michael KingSD

ERA: 3.21
FIP: 4.13
SO: 159
WAR: 2.2

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ERA: 2.89
FIP: 3.89
SO: 143
WAR: 2.9

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Michael WachaKC

ERA: 3.33
FIP: 4.32
SO: 154
WAR: 2.3

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Sonny GrayBOS

ERA: 2.72
FIP: 3.47
SO: 149
WAR: 3.5

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.