Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Caleb Kilian (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	A.J. Minter RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	# 235
VBR	# 392	# 446

Projections

Strikeouts	18	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	5	0
ERA	4.12	3.72
WHIP	1.37	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 83	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 286

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 182	# 123

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	A.J. Minter RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.1	22.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	37	20

Earned Runs	21	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	49	18

Walks	18	2

ERA	4.57	2.45

WHIP	1.33	1.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	A.J. Minter RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.5	18.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	4

Hits Allowed	18	16

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	18

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.12	3.72

WHIP	1.37	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	A.J. Minter RP - NYM
News
	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. 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
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	A.J. Minter threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF			A.J. Minter RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Wed, Apr 29th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#155	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th				vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Caleb Kilian (2026)

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