Who Should I Trade?

Cade Povich for Mick Abel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 201	# 391
VBR	‐	# 634

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	14
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.43
WHIP	‐	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 151	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 335	# 418

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 305	# 447

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Cade Povich SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	4

Games Started	3	3

Innings Pitched	20.1	19.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	19

Earned Runs	9	11

Home Runs Allowed	0	4

Strikeouts	23	12

Walks	10	7

ERA	3.98	5.12

WHIP	1.57	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Cade Povich SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	15.5

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	15

Earned Runs	‐	8

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	14

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	4.43

WHIP	‐	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Cade Povich SP - BAL
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Cade Povich is expected to join the Orioles’ taxi squad. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Orioles activated Cade Povich from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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	Cade Povich is continuing his rehab assignment with Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Cade Povich threw 43 pitches in his first rehab start on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Mick Abel underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Cade Povich is starting a rehab assignment on Sunday with Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mick Abel SP - MIN			Cade Povich SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#236
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#181	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#246	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#211	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Povich for Mick Abel (2026)

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