Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 234	# 358
VBR	# 466	# 561

Projections

Strikeouts	5	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.65	4.02
WHIP	1.22	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 101	# 336

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	# 372

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	63

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.1	63.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	8	7

Hits Allowed	31	64

Earned Runs	9	25

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	36	69

Walks	7	19

ERA	2.01	3.53

WHIP	0.94	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.5	4.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	5	4

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	5

Walks	2	2

ERA	3.65	4.02

WHIP	1.22	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Matt Festa RP - CLE
News
	A.J. Minter struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Guardians. Matthew Adam Sun, Sep 13th	Matt Festa worked around a walk and punched out one to secure the save in Wednesday's 10-2 win over the Royals. He tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings in the appearance. Matthew Adam Thu, Apr 9th
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN			Matt Festa RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#175	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#237	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#399	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#160
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#308
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#232	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#282	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#165	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#333	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#333
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#200
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#249
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-2)	#214
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#253
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#373
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#313	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#148
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#169
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#234
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#148
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)	#182	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#144	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#180
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Matt Festa (2026)

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