Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Painter for John Klein (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Painter SP - PHI	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 204	‐
VBR	# 669	# 802

Projections

Strikeouts	27	12
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.93	4.73
WHIP	1.44	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 209	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 141	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 251	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 457	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Painter SP - PHI	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	3

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	65.0	4.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	83	3

Earned Runs	51	2

Home Runs Allowed	14	1

Strikeouts	53	2

Walks	24	4

ERA	7.06	4.15

WHIP	1.65	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Painter SP - PHI	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	32.5	13.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	34	13

Earned Runs	18	7

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	27	12

Walks	12	5

ERA	4.93	4.73

WHIP	1.44	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Painter SP - PHI	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
News
	The Phillies optioned Andrew Painter to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Twins optioned John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Andrew Painter allowed five runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday's 6-0 loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jun 13th	The Twins recalled RHP John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Andrew Painter surrendered six runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th	The Twins optioned RHP John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	Andrew Painter gave up four runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out three over 3 1/3 innings in Sunday's 9-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 1st	John Klein has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	Andrew Painter allowed two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over 6 1/3 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 25th	The Twins have optioned right-hander John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
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 Painter SP - PHI			John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Painter for John Klein (2026)

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