Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Jack Perkins (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jack Perkins SP,RP - ATH	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 155	# 248
VBR	# 505	# 377

Projections

Strikeouts	24	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.50	3.77
WHIP	1.41	1.18

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 157	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 142	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 174	# 189

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 214	# 286

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jack Perkins SP,RP - ATH	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	35

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	95.1	33.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	10	2

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	2	6

Hits Allowed	100	26

Earned Runs	68	7

Home Runs Allowed	18	5

Strikeouts	109	28

Walks	42	4

ERA	6.42	1.87

WHIP	1.49	0.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jack Perkins SP,RP - ATH	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	13

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	24.3	10.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	22	9

Earned Runs	12	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	24	10

Walks	11	3

ERA	4.50	3.77

WHIP	1.41	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Perkins SP,RP - ATH	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
News
	Jack Perkins allowed three runs (one earned) on three hits and five walks while striking out six over five innings in Sunday's win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Jack Perkins allowed one hit and one walk while striking out four over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Jack Perkins allowed six earned runs on 12 hits and one walk while striking out two over five innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Rays. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	Jack Perkins allowed five earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over three innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Jack Perkins allowed six earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out nine over 5 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jack Perkins SP,RP - ATH			A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#246
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#112	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#162
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#310
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU

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A.J. Minter for Jack Perkins (2026)

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