Who Should I Trade?

Clarke Schmidt for John Klein (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 676	# 845

Projections

Strikeouts	11	8
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	4.69
WHIP	1.29	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
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
	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	13

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	10.7	8.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	9

Earned Runs	5	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	8

Walks	4	3

ERA	3.96	4.69

WHIP	1.29	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
News
	Clarke Schmidt is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Twins optioned John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Clarke Schmidt continues to throw bullpen sessions and is expected to begin facing hitters sometime in July. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	The Twins recalled RHP John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Clarke Schmidt threw a bullpen session on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Twins optioned RHP John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	Clarke Schmidt is scheduled to face live hitters by the end of June. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	John Klein has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	Clarke Schmidt threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	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
	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY			John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Clarke Schmidt for John Klein (2026)

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