Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Carlos Estevez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 235	# 292
VBR	# 427	# 925

Projections

Strikeouts	18	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.69	4.20
WHIP	1.22	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	# 398

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 203

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.0	0.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	20	4

Earned Runs	6	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	20	0

Walks	2	2

ERA	2.35	162.00

WHIP	0.96	18.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.4	5.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	16	5

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	18	5

Walks	6	2

ERA	3.69	4.20

WHIP	1.22	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
News
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Carlos Estevez is up to throwing from 105 feet. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Carlos Estevez started a throwing program on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	Carlos Estevez is being re-evaluated on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	Carlos Estevez did not feel great following Saturday’s bullpen session and will be re-evaluated in the coming days. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Carlos Estevez is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
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			Carlos Estevez RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Carlos Estevez (2026)

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