Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes for Mick Abel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 203	‐
VBR	‐	# 936

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	11
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.52
WHIP	‐	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 172	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 151	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 336	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 305	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	1

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	20.1	4.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	5

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	23	4

Walks	10	1

ERA	3.98	8.31

WHIP	1.57	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	15.3

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	16

Earned Runs	‐	9

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	11

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	5.52

WHIP	‐	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Joey Estes allowed four earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th
	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	The Athletics recalled RHP Joey Estes from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	Mick Abel underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Estes made just three appearances for the A's in 2025, spending most of the season at Triple-A Las Vegas where he posted a 5.51 ERA across 80 innings. He eventually landed on the injured list with a herniated disc in his lower back to close out the year. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mick Abel SP - MIN			Joey Estes SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Jun 17th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#190	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Estes for Mick Abel (2026)

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