Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Josh Simpson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 238	‐
VBR	# 439	# 759

Projections

Strikeouts	22	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.66	4.44
WHIP	1.21	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 192	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.0	3.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	14	4

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	17	3

Walks	1	2

ERA	1.42	9.00

WHIP	0.79	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.5	15.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	14

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	22	16

Walks	7	8

ERA	3.66	4.44

WHIP	1.21	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	A.J. Minter threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
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			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL			vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Apr 25th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, May 5th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, Jun 19th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th				@ NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Josh Simpson (2026)

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