Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Daison Acosta (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 242	‐
VBR	# 431	# 970

Projections

Strikeouts	16	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.85	4.78
WHIP	1.25	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 164	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Daison Acosta RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	25.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	23	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	2.49	‐

WHIP	0.99	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Daison Acosta RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.6	2.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	2

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	16	2

Walks	5	1

ERA	3.85	4.78

WHIP	1.25	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Daison Acosta RP - SD
News
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	San Diego signed Acosta to a one-year contract in December. He posted a 4.71 ERA and 1.62 WHIP over 21.0 innings at Triple-A Rochester last season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
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 - MIN			Daison Acosta RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#244
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#244
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#221
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#190	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

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