Who Should I Trade?

George Kirby for Mick Abel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Mick Abel SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 29	# 200
VBR	# 126	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	59	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.79	‐
WHIP	1.19	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 40	# 153

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	# 151

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 21	# 332

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	# 305

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	4

Games Started	19	3

Innings Pitched	116.0	20.1

Wins	8	1

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	123	22

Earned Runs	46	9

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	104	23

Walks	25	10

ERA	3.57	3.98

WHIP	1.28	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	61.8	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	59	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	59	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	3.79	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Mick Abel SP - MIN
News
	George Kirby allowed three hits across six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	George Kirby allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with seven strikeouts in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	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
	George Kirby will start on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	George Kirby will start Sunday's series finale against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Mick Abel underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Kirby SP - SEA			Mick Abel SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#187
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

George Kirby for Mick Abel (2026)

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