Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 14	‐
VBR	# 99	# 1123

Projections

Strikeouts	76	46
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.73	5.39
WHIP	1.14	1.57

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 15	# 393

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	21

Games Started	20	20

Innings Pitched	110.1	97.0

Wins	6	3

Losses	5	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	92	134

Earned Runs	41	69

Home Runs Allowed	10	14

Strikeouts	128	73

Walks	25	38

ERA	3.34	6.40

WHIP	1.06	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	15

Games Started	12	11

Innings Pitched	67.7	60.9

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	70

Earned Runs	28	36

Home Runs Allowed	10	11

Strikeouts	76	46

Walks	16	23

ERA	3.73	5.39

WHIP	1.14	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
News
	Joe Ryan is not starting in the Twins first series back this weekend against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Michael Lorenzen allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in a 3-1 loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Michael Lorenzen allowed four earned runs on four hits and six walks while striking out one over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on seven hits while striking out one over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	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	Michael Lorenzen allowed four runs on seven hits over 5.1 innings of work on Sunday as the Rockies suffered an 8-6 loss to the Pirates. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN			Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			@ SD
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs KC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th				@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Ryan for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

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