Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Carlos Vargas (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 235	‐
VBR	# 396	# 916

Projections

Strikeouts	18	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.67	3.97
WHIP	1.22	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	‐

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


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	2.31	‐

WHIP	0.94	‐

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


Games Played	21	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.9	5.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	15	5

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	18	5

Walks	6	2

ERA	3.67	3.97

WHIP	1.22	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. 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	The Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
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 Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Wed, Jun 17th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Fri, Aug 14th				@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Carlos Vargas (2026)

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