Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for John Klein (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	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	# 899	# 845

Projections

Strikeouts	8	8
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	4.69
WHIP	1.33	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	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
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	13

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	7.7	8.9

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	7	9

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	8

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.03	4.69

WHIP	1.33	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
News
	Nationals left-hander DJ Herz (elbow) is progressing with throwing activity as tolerated at the team's spring complex in Florida. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Twins optioned John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Twins recalled RHP John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Twins optioned RHP John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	DJ Herz threw 38 pitches over 2 2/3 innings in a rehab start for Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	John Klein has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	DJ Herz will continue his rehab assignment with Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	The Twins have optioned right-hander John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	DJ Herz SP - WSH			John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for John Klein (2026)

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