Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for John Klein (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH	John Klein SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 914	# 859

Projections

Strikeouts	1	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.53	4.60
WHIP	1.17	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH	John Klein SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	3

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	4.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	4.15

WHIP	‐	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH	John Klein SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	1.6	5.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	5

Earned Runs	1	3

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	1	6

Walks	0	2

ERA	4.53	4.60

WHIP	1.17	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH	John Klein SP,RP - TOR
News
	The Athletics sent RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Twins optioned John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	The Athletics designated Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Twins recalled RHP John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Zhuang posted a 4.08 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 145 strikeouts and 35 walks across 145.2 innings at Double-A Midland in 2025, playing the entire season at that level. Oakland added him to the 40-man roster over the winter. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th	The Twins optioned RHP John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
		John Klein has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
		The Twins have optioned right-hander John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH			John Klein SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#289
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for John Klein (2026)

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