Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Palencia for John Klein (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 82	‐
VBR	# 313	# 845

Projections

Strikeouts	21	8
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	0
ERA	3.81	4.69
WHIP	1.30	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 84	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 77	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 70	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 103	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	4.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	3

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	2

Walks	6	4

ERA	2.70	4.15

WHIP	1.38	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.0	8.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	16	9

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	21	8

Walks	8	3

ERA	3.81	4.69

WHIP	1.30	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
News
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is hopeful to return by the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Twins optioned John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Daniel Palencia will head to Arizona during the All-Star break to continue his rehab program, with the goal of throwing off a mound once the break concludes. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Twins recalled RHP John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is not expected back until after the All Star break. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Twins optioned RHP John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	Daniel Palencia resumed a throwing program on Monday Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	John Klein has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia will not be re-evaluated till after the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Twins have optioned right-hander John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC			John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Palencia for John Klein (2026)

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