Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Shinnosuke Ogasawara (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 242	‐
VBR	# 406	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.74	5.36
WHIP	1.25	1.19

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 164	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	‐

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


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	24.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	2.22	‐

WHIP	0.99	‐

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


Games Played	21	14

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	17.0	2.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	15	3

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	2

Walks	5	1

ERA	3.74	5.36

WHIP	1.25	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Shinnosuke Ogasawara 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	The Nationals reassigned LHP Shinnosuke Ogasawara to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Shinnosuke Ogasawara is scheduled to start one of the Nationals two split-squad games on Saturday. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	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
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN			Shinnosuke Ogasawara SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ SD
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 (1-8)	#207
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th				@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL

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A.J. Minter for Shinnosuke Ogasawara (2026)

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