Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Lyon Richardson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 235	‐
VBR	# 446	# 804

Projections

Strikeouts	18	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.72	4.50
WHIP	1.23	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	2

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	22.0	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	20	2

Earned Runs	6	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	18	3

Walks	2	2

ERA	2.45	27.00

WHIP	1.00	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.5	7.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	16	7

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	18	6

Walks	6	4

ERA	3.72	4.50

WHIP	1.23	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	A.J. Minter threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
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			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs STL
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Sat, Apr 25th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Jul 28th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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