Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Tyler Phillips (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Tyler Phillips SP,RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 248	# 262
VBR	# 415	# 629

Projections

Strikeouts	8	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	4.58
WHIP	1.27	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	# 153

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 189	# 392

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Tyler Phillips SP,RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	33

Games Started	0	16

Innings Pitched	36.0	110.1

Wins	2	4

Losses	2	6

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	27	100

Earned Runs	7	42

Home Runs Allowed	5	14

Strikeouts	30	90

Walks	6	47

ERA	1.75	3.43

WHIP	0.92	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Tyler Phillips SP,RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	5

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	7.5	18.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	7	19

Earned Runs	3	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	8	14

Walks	3	7

ERA	4.01	4.58

WHIP	1.27	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN	Tyler Phillips SP,RP - MIA
News
	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Tyler Phillips allowed no runs on one hit and two walks while striking out four across five innings in Tuesday's 6-3 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Sep 1st
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Tyler Phillips allowed one earned run on three hits and three walks while striking out seven across 4.2 innings in Tuesday's 7-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 25th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	Tyler Phillips allowed four runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six across 5.1 innings in Thursday's 13-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Aug 14th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	Tyler Phillips allowed one run on five hits and one walk with four strikeouts across four innings in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Aug 7th
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Tyler Phillips allowed two earned runs on six hits and no walks while striking out three over five innings in Saturday's 6-2 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Minter RP - MIN			Tyler Phillips SP,RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#420
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#227	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#302
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#217	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#151	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#306
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#223
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#368
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#211	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#306	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#398	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#174	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#247	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#247	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#368
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#124
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#411
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#219	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#192	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#352
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#122	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#196
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#259	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#191	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#118
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#202
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (1-1)	#120
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes	#87
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#232
Wed, Jun 17th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Tyler Phillips (2026)

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