Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Jared Shuster (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 235	‐
VBR	# 396	# 1045

Projections

Strikeouts	18	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.67	5.16
WHIP	1.22	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Jared Shuster RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.1	9.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	20	11

Earned Runs	6	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	20	4

Walks	2	6

ERA	2.31	9.00

WHIP	0.94	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Jared Shuster RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.9	3.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	15	4

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	18	2

Walks	6	1

ERA	3.67	5.16

WHIP	1.22	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Jared Shuster RP - STL
News
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Jared Shuster was designated for assignment ahead of Wednesday's game against the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Cardinals recalled Jared Shuster from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	Jared Shuster was assigned to Triple-A Memphis on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 18th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	The Cardinals designated Jared Shuster for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	The Cardinals sent LHP Jared Shuster outright to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN			Jared Shuster RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Jared Shuster (2026)

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