Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Jacob Latz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 59	# 248
VBR	# 249	# 393

Projections

Strikeouts	12	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	5	0
ERA	3.60	3.76
WHIP	1.27	1.19

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 70	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 55	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 84	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 63	# 189

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 66	# 286

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	35

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	59.0	33.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	25	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	2	6

Hits Allowed	27	26

Earned Runs	11	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	65	28

Walks	18	4

ERA	1.68	1.87

WHIP	0.76	0.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.7	9.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	9	9

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	12	10

Walks	5	3

ERA	3.60	3.76

WHIP	1.27	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
News
	Jacob Latz allowed one hit and one walk while striking out two over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's win over the Angels. 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
	Jacob Latz walked one and struck out three over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday’s 2-0 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Jacob Latz walked one and struck out two over two scoreless innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	Jacob Latz allowed one walk while striking out one over a scoreless inning to record the save in Monday’s 4-1 win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 11th	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Jacob Latz allowed two hits and one walk while striking out three over two innings to earn the save in Friday's win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	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
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX			A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#243	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#13	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#185	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#31
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#284	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#59	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#36	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#9	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#59	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#48	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#263	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#144	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#242
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#35	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#171	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#190	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#31	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs NYY
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 (5-4)	#176
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Jacob Latz (2026)

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