Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Tanner Rainey (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 239	‐
VBR	# 406	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.74	4.35
WHIP	1.25	1.45

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	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
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	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.0	3.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	15	3

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	3

Walks	5	2

ERA	3.74	4.35

WHIP	1.25	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
News
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Tigers have reassigned right-hander Tanner Rainey to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 18th
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	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			Tanner Rainey RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ CLE
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 (6-8)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th				vs CWS

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A.J. Minter for Tanner Rainey (2026)

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