A.J. Minter or Kirby Yates

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A.J. Minter or Kirby Yates Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.2	34.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	5	2

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	31	26

Earned Runs	15	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	46	29

Walks	17	6

ERA	3.49	1.82

WHIP	1.24	0.92

A.J. Minter or Kirby Yates Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	55	48

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	53.9	47.1

Wins	3	3

Losses	3	2

Saves	11	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	10	15

Hits Allowed	43	39

Earned Runs	25	20

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	65	53

Walks	25	17

ERA	4.23	3.84

WHIP	1.27	1.17

A.J. Minter or Kirby Yates Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
News
	The Pirates activated Kirby Yates. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	The Angels have traded right-hander Kirby Yates to the Pirates in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Kyle Robinson. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Kirby Yates allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in a 4-3 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Saturday, securing a 5-2 Angels' win over the Rangers. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	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 Kirby Yates Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - PIT			A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#295	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#153
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#174	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#217
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL