Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Cooper Criswell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 238	# 326
VBR	# 435	# 651

Projections

Strikeouts	21	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.70	4.15
WHIP	1.22	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 195	# 295

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	# 336

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.0	30.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	17	28

Earned Runs	4	12

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	17	23

Walks	1	8

ERA	1.80	3.52

WHIP	0.90	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.6	13.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	18	14

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	11

Walks	7	4

ERA	3.70	4.15

WHIP	1.22	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
News
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Mariners transferred Cooper Criswell to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Cooper Criswell will undergo an MRI on July 6. 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	The Mariners expect Cooper Criswell to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	The Mariners placed RHP Cooper Criswell on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	A.J. Minter threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	Criswell allowed no runs and only two hits through three inninings, while picking up the save in Seattle's 8-0 win over the Guardians. Robert Finkelstein Sun, Mar 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM			Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Apr 25th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Tue, May 5th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Cooper Criswell (2026)

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