Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for Keegan Akin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 14	# 300
VBR	# 99	# 1033

Projections

Strikeouts	76	3
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.73	4.93
WHIP	1.14	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 24	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 15	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 17	# 288

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 15	# 296

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	24

Games Started	20	2

Innings Pitched	110.1	25.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	92	28

Earned Runs	41	16

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	128	17

Walks	25	9

ERA	3.34	5.68

WHIP	1.06	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	5

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	67.7	3.3

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	3

Earned Runs	28	2

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	76	3

Walks	16	1

ERA	3.73	4.93

WHIP	1.14	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
News
	Joe Ryan is not starting in the Twins first series back this weekend against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz told reporters that Keegan Akin underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Joe Ryan allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin has undergone left elbow reconstruction surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	Ryan allowed no earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over seven innings in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Yankees. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	The Orioles transferred RHP Keegan Akin to the 60-day injured list with elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	Joe Ryan allowed six earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to Houston. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin (elbow) is scheduled to be evaluated by elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister the week of July 13. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Joe Ryan allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Dodgers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 25th	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Keegan Akin is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN			Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#28
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#28	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#176
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#83	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#61	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#250
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#83	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#437	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#28	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#102	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#28	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			@ DET
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			@ DET
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 17th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for Keegan Akin (2026)

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