Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 310	‐
VBR	# 906	‐

Projections

Runs	16	3
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	14	3
Stolen Bases	3	0
Batting Average	.212	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 396	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	150	22

Runs	21	4

Hits	34	4

Singles	23	2

Doubles	4	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	24	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	12	2

Strikeouts	35	8

Batting Average	.227	.182

On Base Pct	.288	.280

Slugging Pct	.380	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.668	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	126	26

Runs	16	3

Hits	27	6

Singles	17	4

Doubles	5	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	14	3

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	3

Strikeouts	41	8

Batting Average	.212	.231

On Base Pct	.291	.322

Slugging Pct	.348	.404

On-base Plus Slugging	.639	.726

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
News
	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-3 in a 3-2 win over the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Ryan Kreidler went 3-for-4 in a 16-8 win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and a walk. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Ryan Kreidler went 1-for-2 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers on Thursday with a home run, a run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th	CJ Kayfus went 2-for-2 in win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Apr 6th
	Ryan Kreidler was recalled from Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th
	The Twins optioned Ryan Kreidler to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Kreidler 3B,SS,CF - MIN			CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH			@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Ryan Kreidler (2026)

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