Who Should I Trade?

Christian MacLeod for Mick Abel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 201	‐
VBR	# 694	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.43	5.34
WHIP	1.44	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 151	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 331	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 305	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	20.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	3.98	‐

WHIP	1.57	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	13

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	21.0	1.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	20	2

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	20	2

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.43	5.34

WHIP	1.44	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Twins reassigned LHP Christian MacLeod to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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
	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Mick Abel underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
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			Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Christian MacLeod for Mick Abel (2026)

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