Who Should I Trade?

John Klein for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	John Klein SP,RP - MIN	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 771	# 756

Projections

Strikeouts	10	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.23
WHIP	1.47	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John Klein SP,RP - MIN	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	20

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	4.1	20.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	3	22

Earned Runs	2	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	2	17

Walks	4	8

ERA	4.15	2.66

WHIP	1.62	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John Klein SP,RP - MIN	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	15

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	10.9	11.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	11	12

Earned Runs	5	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	10	10

Walks	4	5

ERA	4.55	4.23

WHIP	1.47	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John Klein SP,RP - MIN	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
News
	The Twins optioned John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	The Red Sox optioned Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Twins recalled RHP John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	Tyler Samaniego will open for the Red Sox on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Twins optioned RHP John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th	The Red Sox recalled Tyler Samaniego from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	John Klein has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd	The Red Sox optioned LHP Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	The Twins have optioned right-hander John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th	Tyler Samaniego will be called up by the Red Sox on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	John Klein SP,RP - MIN			Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#181	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#246	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#211	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#381
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ TB
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Tue, Mar 31st				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Fri, Aug 14th				@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

John Klein for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

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