Who Should I Trade?

Jeff Hoffman for Mike Clevinger (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jeff Hoffman RP - MIN	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 156	‐
VBR	# 352	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.41	4.94
WHIP	1.21	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 207	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 121	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 108	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 236	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeff Hoffman RP - MIN	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	48.0	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	5	‐

Blown Saves	4	‐

Holds	12	‐

Hits Allowed	49	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	75	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	3.94	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeff Hoffman RP - MIN	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	17.9	8.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	14	8

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	23	7

Walks	7	4

ERA	3.41	4.94

WHIP	1.21	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeff Hoffman RP - MIN	Mike Clevinger RP - PIT
News
	The Twins acquire Jeff Hoffman from the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Mike Clevinger suffered a knee injury at Triple-A Indianapolis and will miss “roughly” six weeks. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
	Blue Jays right-hander Jeff Hoffman earned the save on Saturday in a 5-2 win over the Pirates. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th	Clevinger has been pitching in relief at Triple-A Indianapolis this season, allowing five runs with a 9:5 K:BB across 8.2 innings. He is on the 7-day injured list with an undisclosed injury, leaving his return timeline unclear. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 15th
	Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said the team is moving to a closer by committee approach. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th	The Pirates optioned RHP Mike Clevinger to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jeff Hoffman will be unavailable on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Clevinger signed a non-roster contract with Pittsburgh in February. His first spring outing came on Feb. 25, when his fastball reached 97 mph. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd
	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman blew his third save of the season in an eventual 9-7 win over the Brewers on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Apr 15th	The Pirates signed RHP Mike Clevinger to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jeff Hoffman RP - MIN			Mike Clevinger RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#211	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ DET
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Jeff Hoffman for Mike Clevinger (2026)

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