Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Rafael Montero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 235	‐
VBR	# 427	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.69	4.35
WHIP	1.22	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	2.35	‐

WHIP	0.96	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.4	13.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	16	12

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	12

Walks	6	7

ERA	3.69	4.35

WHIP	1.22	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
News
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Montero (personal) joined New York as a non-roster invitee with plans to compete for a bullpen position during spring games. Visa complications have prevented him from arriving at Yankees camp. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	The New York Yankees signed Rafael Montero to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM			Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Sat, Apr 25th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, May 5th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Rafael Montero (2026)

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