Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for PJ Poulin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 248	‐
VBR	# 377	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.77	‐
WHIP	1.18	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	# 260

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 189	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	35

Games Started	0	11

Innings Pitched	33.2	36.2

Wins	2	3

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	6	7

Hits Allowed	26	27

Earned Runs	7	10

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	28	25

Walks	4	21

ERA	1.87	2.45

WHIP	0.89	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	3.77	‐

WHIP	1.18	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
News
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	PJ Poulin is on track to return at some point in September. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Nationals transferred PJ Poulin to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	PJ Poulin is expected to miss 2-6 weeks with a flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	PJ Poulin allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and one walk over two innings in Sunday's win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	PJ Poulin will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
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			PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#246	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#379
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#162	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Aug 14th				@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for PJ Poulin (2026)

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