Troy Melton
24-Year-Old
2025 Stats
W-L
1-1
ERA
4.50
WHIP
1.17
K
12
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
Signed a one-year contract with the Tigers in July of 2025.
Fires seven scoreless for first win
Melton (1-1) earned the win against the Diamondbacks on Monday, allowing five hits and no walks while striking out five over seven scoreless innings.
Analysis
Melton was given an early lead and shut down one of baseball's best offenses in his second career major-league start. He generated 11 whiffs on 87 pitches and didn't allow an extra-base hit despite yielding 12 hard-hit balls. The 24-year-old owns a 4.50 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 12:2 K:BB through 12 innings with the Tigers and lines up for another tough matchup with the Phillies this weekend.
Melton was given an early lead and shut down one of baseball's best offenses in his second career major-league start. He generated 11 whiffs on 87 pitches and didn't allow an extra-base hit despite yielding 12 hard-hit balls. The 24-year-old owns a 4.50 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 12:2 K:BB through 12 innings with the Tigers and lines up for another tough matchup with the Phillies this weekend.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
89
Last 10 Games
89
Last 5 Games
89
How many pitches does Troy Melton generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Troy Melton generally pitch?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-43%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-43%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .333 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .190 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .333 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .190 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-100%
ERA at Home
2025
-100%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 0.00 | 0.71 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 0.0 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 10.80 | 1.80 | 5.0 | 12.6 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2025Home | 0.00 | 0.71 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 10.80 | 1.80 | 5.0 | 12.6 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Troy Melton compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.50K/9
12.6BB/9
3.6HR/9
3.6Fastball
96.9 mphERA
10.80WHIP
1.80BABIP
.413GB/FB
1.40Left On Base
48.4%Exit Velocity
87.5 mphBarrels/BBE
12.9%Spin Rate
2136 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
32.3%Swinging Strike
13.3%Prospect Rankings History
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Next start coming Monday
Melton will start Monday's series opener against the Diamondbacks in Detroit, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.
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Hammered in big-league debut
Melton (0-1) took the loss Wednesday, surrendering six runs on seven hits and two walks over five innings as the Tigers were downed 6-1 by the Pirates. He struck out seven.
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Called up for MLB debut
The Tigers selected Melton's contract from Triple-A Toledo ahead of his scheduled start Wednesday versus the Pirates at PNC Park.
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Making MLB debut Wednesday
The Tigers plan to call up Melton from Triple-A Toledo to start Wednesday's game against the Pirates at PNC Park, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.
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Bullpen candidate in second half
Melton, who earned a promotion to Triple-A Toledo in June, could be an option for the Tigers' bullpen down the stretch, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports.
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