Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Josh Hader (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	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	# 34	# 235
VBR	# 196	# 427

Projections

Strikeouts	27	18
Wins	2	1
Saves	11	0
ERA	3.16	3.69
WHIP	1.14	1.22

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 35	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 17	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 51	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 17	# 123

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 72	# 286

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.0	23.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	14	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	10	20

Earned Runs	3	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	33	20

Walks	10	2

ERA	1.23	2.35

WHIP	0.91	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.4	18.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	13	16

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	27	18

Walks	8	6

ERA	3.16	3.69

WHIP	1.14	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
News
	Josh Hader threw a scoreless inning to earn the save in Tuesday’s 3-2 win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Josh Hader issued two walks across one inning to earn the save in Monday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Josh Hader struck out two batters over 2/3 of a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	Josh Hader struck out one batter in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Josh Hader allowed one walk while striking out two over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Josh Hader RP - HOU			A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Josh Hader (2026)

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