Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Bennett Sousa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 248	‐
VBR	# 377	# 387

Projections

Strikeouts	8	8
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.76	3.88
WHIP	1.23	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 189	# 192

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	24

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	36.0	20.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	6	7

Hits Allowed	27	26

Earned Runs	7	15

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	30	22

Walks	6	13

ERA	1.75	6.53

WHIP	0.92	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.1	8.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	7	7

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	8

Walks	3	3

ERA	3.76	3.88

WHIP	1.23	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
News
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Astros activated Bennett Sousa from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Bennett Sousa is scheduled to make a rehab appearance on Sunday for Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	The Astros transferred LHP Bennett Sousa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	Bennett Sousa is continuing to advance in his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Bennett Sousa began a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN			Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#198	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#415
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#424
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#389	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#386
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#213	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#281	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#216
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#176	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#281
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#416
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#431	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#430	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#221	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#231
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#428	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#428	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#384
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#240	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Bennett Sousa (2026)

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