Who Should I Trade?

Mick Abel for Nick Pivetta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 128	# 201
VBR	# 383	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	29	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.87	‐
WHIP	1.18	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 130	# 153

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 107	# 151

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 124	# 335

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 119	# 305

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	4

Games Started	4	3

Innings Pitched	16.0	20.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	22

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	24	23

Walks	6	10

ERA	4.50	3.98

WHIP	1.13	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	25.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	3.87	‐

WHIP	1.18	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Mick Abel SP - MIN
News
	Nick Pivetta threw 20 pitches in a live batting practice session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Nick Pivetta reportedly could begin a rehab assignment in the first week of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Nick Pivetta is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Nick Pivetta threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Nick Pivetta threw a light bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Mick Abel underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD			Mick Abel SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Mick Abel for Nick Pivetta (2026)

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