Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Mason Miller (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mason Miller RP - SD	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	# 11	# 239
VBR	# 106	# 408

Projections

Strikeouts	32	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	1
ERA	2.16	3.72
WHIP	0.99	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 11	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 7	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 16	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 11	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 5	# 164

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 24	# 286

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Miller RP - SD	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	47.1	24.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	22	22

Earned Runs	4	6

Home Runs Allowed	0	4

Strikeouts	88	21

Walks	16	2

ERA	0.76	2.22

WHIP	0.80	0.99

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Miller RP - SD	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.7	17.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	11	15

Earned Runs	5	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	32	17

Walks	8	5

ERA	2.16	3.72

WHIP	0.99	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Miller RP - SD	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
News
	The Mariners have reportedly expressed interest in Padres closer Mason Miller. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Mason Miller told reporters after his first blown save Saturday that he was dealing with a cut on a finger on his pitching hand. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Mason Miller earned the save on Wednesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	Mason Miller threw a clean inning for the save on Sunday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Mason Miller worked a clean inning for the save on Friday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Miller RP - SD			A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#211
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Mason Miller (2026)

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