Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 141	# 239
VBR	# 278	# 406

Projections

Strikeouts	44	17
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.46	3.74
WHIP	1.32	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	# 164

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	# 286

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	25

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	97.2	24.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	101	22

Earned Runs	50	6

Home Runs Allowed	13	4

Strikeouts	95	21

Walks	35	2

ERA	4.61	2.22

WHIP	1.39	0.99

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	21

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	45.2	17.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	43	15

Earned Runs	22	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	44	17

Walks	15	5

ERA	4.46	3.74

WHIP	1.32	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
News
	Sean Manaea allowed two runs on seven hits and five walks while striking out seven across six innings in Tuesday's 6-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Sean Manaea allowed two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four across six innings in Wednesday's 3-2 Game 1 win over the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Sean Manaea will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	Sean Manaea allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out three across six innings in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Sean Manaea (2026)

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