Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Justin Topa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 248	‐
VBR	# 377	# 914

Projections

Strikeouts	10	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.77	4.25
WHIP	1.18	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 189	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.2	21.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	4

Hits Allowed	26	29

Earned Runs	7	17

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	28	14

Walks	4	12

ERA	1.87	7.29

WHIP	0.89	1.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.2	8.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	9	9

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	7

Walks	3	3

ERA	3.77	4.25

WHIP	1.18	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Justin Topa RP - NYY
News
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Justin Topa from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Yankees signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	The Royals released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
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			Justin Topa RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#246
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#89
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Mar 31st				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Justin Topa (2026)

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