Who Should I Trade?

John Klein for Keegan Akin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 298	‐
VBR	‐	# 782

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	12
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.57
WHIP	‐	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 289	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 296	‐

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


Games Played	24	3

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	25.1	4.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	3

Earned Runs	16	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	17	2

Walks	9	4

ERA	5.68	4.15

WHIP	1.46	1.62

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


Games Played	‐	12

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	13.1

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	13

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	12

Walks	‐	5

ERA	‐	4.57

WHIP	‐	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
News
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz told reporters that Keegan Akin underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Twins optioned John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin has undergone left elbow reconstruction surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	The Twins recalled RHP John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	The Orioles transferred RHP Keegan Akin to the 60-day injured list with elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	The Twins optioned RHP John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	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	John Klein has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Keegan Akin is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Twins have optioned right-hander John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL			John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#263	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

John Klein for Keegan Akin (2026)

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