Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for John Klein (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 222	‐
VBR	# 421	# 845

Projections

Strikeouts	40	8
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.63	4.69
WHIP	1.38	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 302	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 68	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	3

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	84.1	4.1

Wins	7	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	84	3

Earned Runs	35	2

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	67	2

Walks	31	4

ERA	3.74	4.15

WHIP	1.36	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	13

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	48.8	8.9

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	9

Earned Runs	25	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	40	8

Walks	16	3

ERA	4.63	4.69

WHIP	1.38	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
News
	Brandon Young allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Friday's win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	The Twins optioned John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Brandon Young allowed four earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out five over five innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Twins recalled RHP John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Brandon Young allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Nationals. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 28th	The Twins optioned RHP John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	Brandon Young allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's 12-1 win over the Dodgers. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 22nd	John Klein has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	Brandon Young allowed three earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out two over six innings in Tuesday's 3-1 loss to the Mariners. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 17th	The Twins have optioned right-hander John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Young SP - BAL			John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#250	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for John Klein (2026)

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