Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Abbott for Mick Abel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 119	# 207
VBR	# 361	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.49	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	# 172

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 99	# 151

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 117	# 339

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 91	# 305

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Abbott SP - CIN	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	4

Games Started	28	3

Innings Pitched	148.1	20.1

Wins	6	1

Losses	10	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	143	22

Earned Runs	73	9

Home Runs Allowed	21	0

Strikeouts	115	23

Walks	70	10

ERA	4.43	3.98

WHIP	1.44	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Abbott SP - CIN	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	26.8	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.49	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Abbott SP - CIN	Mick Abel SP - MIN
News
	Andrew Abbott allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out six over 6 1/3 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Andrew Abbott allowed five earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out three over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Andrew Abbott allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over 6 2/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	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
	Andrew Abbott will start on Thursday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Andrew Abbott allowed three earned runs on three hits and five walks while striking out one over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Mick Abel underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Abbott SP - CIN			Mick Abel SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#261
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#153
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#217
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Abbott for Mick Abel (2026)

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