Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Bryan King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan King RP - HOU	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	# 184	# 248
VBR	# 615	# 405

Projections

Strikeouts	6	9
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.75	3.91
WHIP	1.31	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 205	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 194	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 208	# 286

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 240	# 189

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


Games Played	51	36

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	53.0	34.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	12	6

Hits Allowed	57	26

Earned Runs	28	7

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	44	29

Walks	19	6

ERA	4.75	1.82

WHIP	1.43	0.92

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


Games Played	10	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.9	9.3

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	6	8

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	9

Walks	2	3

ERA	3.75	3.91

WHIP	1.31	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan King RP - HOU	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
News
	The Astros optioned Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	The Astros are calling Bryan King back up to the majors. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	The Astros optioned LHP Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	Bryan King is expected to step into the set-up role in the Astros bullpen with the return of Josh Hader. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Bryan King allowed one hit while striking out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd	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
	Bryan King RP - HOU			A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#422	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#238	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#153
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#217
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Bryan King (2026)

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