Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Gabe Speier (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 234	# 261
VBR	# 466	# 487

Projections

Strikeouts	5	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.65	3.52
WHIP	1.22	1.20

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 101	# 142

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	# 358

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


Games Played	41	49

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.1	41.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	8	21

Hits Allowed	31	31

Earned Runs	9	14

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	36	38

Walks	7	15

ERA	2.01	3.02

WHIP	0.94	1.10

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


Games Played	7	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.5	4.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	5	4

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	6

Walks	2	2

ERA	3.65	3.52

WHIP	1.22	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Gabe Speier RP - SEA
News
	A.J. Minter struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Guardians. Matthew Adam Sun, Sep 13th	Gabe Speier was unavailable on Tuesday due to back discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Gabe Speier’s suspension was reduced to two games. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The MLB has suspended Gabe Speier three games. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	The Mariners activated Gabe Speier from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	Gabe Speier is with the Mariners in Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
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			Gabe Speier RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#175	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#237	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#373
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#361
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#399	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#175
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#308	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#232	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#282	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#165	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#333	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#333	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#80
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#313	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#148	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64	@ BOS	Jedixson Paez (0-1)
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#104
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)	#182	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#144	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113
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 (13-7)	#19
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#365
Wed, Jun 17th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, Aug 14th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Gabe Speier (2026)

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