Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 248	‐
VBR	# 377	# 851

Projections

Strikeouts	10	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.77	4.30
WHIP	1.18	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 189	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	33.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	28	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	1.87	‐

WHIP	0.89	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.2	2.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	9	2

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	10	2

Walks	3	1

ERA	3.77	4.30

WHIP	1.18	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
News
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Sawyer Gipson-Long is “not 100 percent” and is shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Sawyer Gipson-Long was pulled from his start for Triple-A Toledo on Friday due to discomfort. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been activated off the 15-day injured list and optioned to Triple-A Toledo. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been placed on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN			Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#246	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#310
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#422
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 14th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

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