Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Julian Merryweather (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 20	‐
VBR	# 181	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	10	‐
ERA	2.93	‐
WHIP	1.17	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 17	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 19	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 28	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 18	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	37.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	27	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	28	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	50	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	1.67	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	18.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	10	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	13	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	2.93	‐

WHIP	1.17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
News
	Aroldis Chapman struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday’s 5-4 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 31st	Twins right-hander Julian Merryweather (hamstring) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to throw another session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out three batters while allowing one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 4-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	Merryweather (hamstring) joined Minnesota as a non-roster invitee. Head trainer Nick Paparesta said Merryweather has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one walk in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 6-4 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	Aroldis Chapman allowed one hit and one walk over one scoreless inning to record the save in a win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS			Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 9th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Julian Merryweather (2026)

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