Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Ryan Zeferjahn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Zeferjahn RP - CHC	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 206	# 234
VBR	# 531	# 467

Projections

Strikeouts	8	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.82	3.75
WHIP	1.36	1.22

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 243	# 286

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 215	# 101

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Zeferjahn RP - CHC	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	59	38

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	64.2	36.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	13	7

Hits Allowed	44	28

Earned Runs	30	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	88	32

Walks	38	6

ERA	4.18	1.72

WHIP	1.27	0.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Zeferjahn RP - CHC	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.6	6.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	5	6

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	7

Walks	3	2

ERA	3.82	3.75

WHIP	1.36	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Zeferjahn RP - CHC	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
News
	The Angels have traded reliever Ryan Jeferzahn to the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Ryan Zeferjahn allowed one earned run on one hit over one inning to earn the save in Sunday’s win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Ryan Zeferjahn picked up his first save of the season on Tuesday, recording the final four outs as the Angels hung on for a 4-3 victory over the White Sox. David Leisering Wed, May 6th	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	Angels reliever Ryan Zeferjahn has made the Opening Day roster, according to manager Kurt Suzuki. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th	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	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Zeferjahn RP - CHC			A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#337	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#224
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#291
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#203
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#362
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#362
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#285	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#151	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#115	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#248
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#396
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#389
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Ryan Zeferjahn (2026)

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