Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for JoJo Romero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	JoJo Romero RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 235	# 200
VBR	# 427	# 430

Projections

Strikeouts	18	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	2
ERA	3.69	3.65
WHIP	1.22	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 170

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 169

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	# 230

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	# 399

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	JoJo Romero RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.0	43.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	1	20

Hits Allowed	20	40

Earned Runs	6	16

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	20	43

Walks	2	16

ERA	2.35	3.35

WHIP	0.96	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	JoJo Romero RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.4	17.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	4

Hits Allowed	16	16

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	17

Walks	6	7

ERA	3.69	3.65

WHIP	1.22	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	JoJo Romero RP - STL
News
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	JoJo Romero does not have a timetable to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	The Cardinals placed JoJo Romero on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	JoJo Romero worked around a hit and a walk without allowing an earned run in Sunday's 4-3 loss to Atlanta. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 13th
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	JoJo Romero struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance during Friday's 2-1 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th
	A.J. Minter threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	Romero finished 2025 with a 2.07 ERA and 55:29 K:BB across 61 innings, and he already has closing experience with the Cardinals — he and Riley O'Brien shared ninth-inning duties down the stretch after Ryan Helsley was traded. Matt Svanson and Ryne Stanek are also expected to factor into save situations in St. Louis. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM			JoJo Romero RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs ATL	Danny Young
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for JoJo Romero (2026)

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