Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Ben Joyce (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 188	# 248
VBR	# 300	# 405

Projections

Strikeouts	10	9
Wins	0	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.72	3.91
WHIP	1.41	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	# 189

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 286

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.1	34.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	6

Hits Allowed	3	26

Earned Runs	3	7

Home Runs Allowed	0	5

Strikeouts	12	29

Walks	5	6

ERA	3.24	1.82

WHIP	0.96	0.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.0	9.3

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	7	8

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	9

Walks	4	3

ERA	3.72	3.91

WHIP	1.41	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
News
	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. 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
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#153
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#178	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#217
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#155
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

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A.J. Minter for Ben Joyce (2026)

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