Who Should I Trade?

Jack Leiter for Mick Abel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Mick Abel SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 172	# 207
VBR	# 443	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.28	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 199	# 172

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 192	# 151

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 186	# 305

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 211	# 339

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	4

Games Started	15	3

Innings Pitched	80.0	20.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	22

Earned Runs	48	9

Home Runs Allowed	14	0

Strikeouts	83	23

Walks	35	10

ERA	5.40	3.98

WHIP	1.44	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	19.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.28	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Mick Abel SP - MIN
News
	Jack Leiter will make one more rehab start later this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Rangers sent Jack Leiter on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Jack Leiter will make a rehab start for Triple-A Round Rock on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	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
	Jack Leiter is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Rangers transferred RHP Jack Leiter to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	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
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX			Mick Abel SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Leiter for Mick Abel (2026)

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