Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Matt Pushard (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 238	‐
VBR	# 430	# 881

Projections

Strikeouts	21	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.66	4.99
WHIP	1.22	1.62

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 195	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.0	7.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	20	6

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	18	6

Walks	2	4

ERA	2.45	5.14

WHIP	1.00	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.8	4.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	18	4

Earned Runs	8	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	4

Walks	7	2

ERA	3.66	4.99

WHIP	1.22	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Matt Pushard RP - MIA
News
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Cardinals returned Matt Pushard the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	The Cardinals designated Matt Pushard for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	The Cardinals activated Matt Pushard from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Matt Pushard was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday and is expected to pitch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 14th
	A.J. Minter threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	The Cardinals placed Matt Pushard on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
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			Matt Pushard RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Matt Pushard (2026)

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