Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for William Kempner (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	William Kempner RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 238	‐
VBR	# 448	# 833

Projections

Strikeouts	20	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.69	4.58
WHIP	1.24	1.59

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 195	# 392

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.0	12.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	20	8

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	18	14

Walks	2	4

ERA	2.45	2.92

WHIP	1.00	0.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.5	7.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	7

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	8

Walks	6	4

ERA	3.69	4.58

WHIP	1.24	1.59

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	William Kempner RP - MIA
News
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	William Kempner remains shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	The Miami Marlins placed William Kempner on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a right elbow sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	The Marlins recalled William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	The Marlins optioned RHP Will Kempner to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	A.J. Minter threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	The Marlins recalled RHP William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksoville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM			William Kempner RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for William Kempner (2026)

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