A.J. Minter or Kevin Ginkel

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A.J. Minter or Kevin Ginkel Player Statistics
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	56.0	34.2

Wins	5	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	11	6

Hits Allowed	50	26

Earned Runs	27	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	55	29

Walks	16	6

ERA	4.34	1.82

WHIP	1.18	0.92

A.J. Minter or Kevin Ginkel Player Projections
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	56	48

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	57.1	47.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	2

Saves	8	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	15

Hits Allowed	52	39

Earned Runs	26	20

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	60	53

Walks	21	17

ERA	4.16	3.84

WHIP	1.28	1.17

A.J. Minter or Kevin Ginkel Player Notes
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
News
	Kevin Ginkel recorded the final out for the save on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Kevin Ginkel threw a clean inning with two strikeouts in a save on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Arizona's bullpen heading into Opening Day consists entirely of right-handed pitchers, and Ginkel and Juan Morillo have been tasked with handling tough left-handed hitters. Ginkel's career splits are nearly identical against both sides (.312 OBP vs. righties, .311 vs. lefties), though in 2025 he was more effective against lefties, posting a 90 OPS+ against them compared to 137 OPS+ when facing right-handed hitters. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters that he’s not locked into a particular closer to open the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Kevin Ginkel threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 10th	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
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A.J. Minter or Kevin Ginkel Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Ginkel RP - ARI			A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#166	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#153
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#347	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#217
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL