Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Canning for John Klein (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Griffin Canning SP - SD	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 243	‐
VBR	# 470	# 845

Projections

Strikeouts	44	8
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.63	4.69
WHIP	1.44	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 210	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 280	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Griffin Canning SP - SD	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	3

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	55.2	4.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	3

Earned Runs	40	2

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	55	2

Walks	30	4

ERA	6.47	4.15

WHIP	1.60	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Griffin Canning SP - SD	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	48.5	8.9

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	9

Earned Runs	25	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	44	8

Walks	21	3

ERA	4.63	4.69

WHIP	1.44	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Griffin Canning SP - SD	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
News
	Padres right-hander Griffin Canning will start on Saturday against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	The Twins optioned John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Griffin Canning allowed two runs on seven hits over 4 2/3 innings with five strikeouts in a loss on Thursday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Twins recalled RHP John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Griffin Canning allowed one run on two hits over four innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	The Twins optioned RHP John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	Griffin Canning will pitch in a bulk relief role on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	John Klein has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	Griffin Canning allowed two runs on five hits over 4 1/3 innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Monday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Griffin Canning SP - SD			John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Canning for John Klein (2026)

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