Who Should I Trade?

David Sandlin for Mick Abel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 202	‐
VBR	‐	# 1043

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	5
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.74
WHIP	‐	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 157	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 151	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 336	# 364

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 305	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	4

Games Started	3	3

Innings Pitched	20.1	19.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	15

Earned Runs	9	13

Home Runs Allowed	0	4

Strikeouts	23	20

Walks	10	10

ERA	3.98	6.05

WHIP	1.57	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	6

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	5.8

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	6

Earned Runs	‐	3

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	5

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	4.74

WHIP	‐	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The White Sox optioned RHP David Sandlin to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	David Sandlin allowed one earned run on three hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Friday's 22-1 win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	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	The White Sox recalled RHP David Sandlin from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	David Sandlin will start on Friday for the White Sox against the Royals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Mick Abel underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	David Sandlin was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mick Abel SP - MIN			David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th				@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs COL
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

David Sandlin for Mick Abel (2026)

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