Who Should I Trade?

Landon Knack for Mick Abel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 201	‐
VBR	‐	# 723

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	8
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.57
WHIP	‐	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 151	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 335	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 305	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Landon Knack SP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	2

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	5.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	6

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	0	4

Strikeouts	23	4

Walks	10	2

ERA	3.98	9.00

WHIP	1.57	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Landon Knack SP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	8.7

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	8

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	8

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	4.57

WHIP	‐	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mick Abel SP - MIN	Landon Knack SP - LAD
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Dodgers optioned Landon Knack to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Dodgers activated RHP Landon Knack from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Landon Knack will make his first rehab start for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Dodgers transferred RHP Landon Knack to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Mick Abel underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Dodgers placed Knack on the 15-day IL Monday without disclosing an injury designation, leaving his timeline unknown. He allowed eight runs over 6.2 innings in Cactus League action this spring. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mick Abel SP - MIN			Landon Knack SP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#180	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#407	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#205	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Landon Knack for Mick Abel (2026)

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