Who Should I Trade?

Mick Abel for Peter Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Mick Abel SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 144	# 200
VBR	# 460	# 693

Projections

Strikeouts	43	20
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.73	4.45
WHIP	1.42	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 88	# 152

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 123	# 151

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 319	# 331

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	# 305

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	4

Games Started	15	3

Innings Pitched	86.0	20.1

Wins	8	1

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	63	22

Earned Runs	30	9

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	81	23

Walks	33	10

ERA	3.14	3.98

WHIP	1.12	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	6

Games Started	9	3

Innings Pitched	47.9	21.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	20

Earned Runs	25	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	43	20

Walks	19	9

ERA	4.73	4.45

WHIP	1.42	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Mick Abel SP - MIN
News
	Peter Lambert will start on Friday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Peter Lambert allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Peter Lambert allowed three hits and one walk while striking out six over 5 2/3 scoreless innings in a win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Peter Lambert allowed four earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 30th	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Peter Lambert allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th	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
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU			Mick Abel SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#179	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#168
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#348
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#315	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#186
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#246
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#336
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#246	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#350	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#104	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#255
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#156	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#231	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Mick Abel for Peter Lambert (2026)

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