Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 165	# 234
VBR	# 579	# 467

Projections

Strikeouts	6	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.85	3.75
WHIP	1.27	1.22

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 140	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 286

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 262	# 101

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	38

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	49.1	36.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	17	7

Hits Allowed	44	28

Earned Runs	15	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	35	32

Walks	12	6

ERA	2.74	1.72

WHIP	1.14	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.9	6.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	7	6

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	7

Walks	2	2

ERA	3.85	3.75

WHIP	1.27	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
News
	The Rangers activated RHP Jakob Junis from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	The Rangers placed RHP Jakob Junis on the 15-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	Rangers right-hander Jacob Junis (hip) has been placed on the 15-day injured list, but the expectation is a minimum stay. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#146	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#222	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#224
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#227	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#291
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#203
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#291	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#362
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#362
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#339	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#319	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#151	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#274	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#248
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101	vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Jakob Junis (2026)

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