Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Michael Kopech (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 248	‐
VBR	# 379	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.78	‐
WHIP	1.24	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 189	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Michael Kopech RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	36.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	1.75	‐

WHIP	0.92	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Michael Kopech RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	8.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	3.78	‐

WHIP	1.24	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Michael Kopech RP - FA
News
	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
	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
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN			Michael Kopech RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#231
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#196
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#264
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#137
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#335
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#26
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#317
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#178
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#303
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#303
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#232
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#164
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#312
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#130
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#229
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#182
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#74
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#74
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Michael Kopech (2026)

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