Who Should I Trade?

Alek Manoah for Mick Abel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Alek Manoah SP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 201	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	‐
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Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 151	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 335	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 305	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Alek Manoah SP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	3

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	7.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	8

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	23	5

Walks	10	8

ERA	3.98	9.82

WHIP	1.57	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Alek Manoah SP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	‐

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Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Alek Manoah SP - FA
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Los Angeles Angels released Alek Manoah on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 29th
	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Angels sent Alek Manoah outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Mick Abel is set to undergo arthroscopic right elbow surgery, and his timetable for return will be determined after the surgery. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 24th	The Angels optioned Alek Manoah to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Alek Manoah pitched five scoreless innings in a bulk relief role on Monday during the Angels' 7-2 loss to the Guardians. David Leisering Mon, May 11th
	Mick Abel underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Alek Manoah will make a bulk relief appearance on Monday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Mick Abel SP - MIN			Alek Manoah SP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Manoah for Mick Abel (2026)

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