Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Yuki Matsui (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 237	# 336
VBR	# 430	# 574

Projections

Strikeouts	21	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.66	4.12
WHIP	1.22	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 286	# 285

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 195	# 376

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	30

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.0	38.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	6

Hits Allowed	20	24

Earned Runs	6	11

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	18	43

Walks	2	24

ERA	2.45	2.56

WHIP	1.00	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.8	21.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	5

Hits Allowed	18	19

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	21	22

Walks	7	11

ERA	3.66	4.12

WHIP	1.22	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Minter RP - NYM	Yuki Matsui RP - SD
News
	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Padres activated Yuki Matsui from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th	Matsui missed the entire Cactus League slate due to a groin strain and has been working his way back on a rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso. He has turned in two scoreless appearances there. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	The Padres placed LHP Yuki Matsui on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	Matsui suffered a groin injury during a live batting practice session in February and hasn't appeared in a game this spring. He resumed throwing off a mound in early March and is slated to face live hitters again within the next several days. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	A.J. Minter threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	Matsui (groin) has received clearance to throw off a mound and took part in defensive drills on Monday. Opening Day availability remains uncertain. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
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			Yuki Matsui RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT

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A.J. Minter for Yuki Matsui (2026)

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