Who Should I Trade?

Mick Abel for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 123	# 207
VBR	# 239	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.17	‐
WHIP	1.34	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	# 172

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	# 151

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 339

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 305

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	4

Games Started	27	3

Innings Pitched	157.0	20.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	14	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	156	22

Earned Runs	69	9

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	139	23

Walks	55	10

ERA	3.96	3.98

WHIP	1.34	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	25.4	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.17	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Mick Abel SP - MIN
News
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over 5.2 innings in Saturday's win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 30th	Mick Abel began playing catch from 60 feet last week. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Rays. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 24th	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 19th	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 13th	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
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over eight innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 8th	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Mick Abel SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#31	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#260	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#213
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#281
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#269	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#176
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#337	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#87	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#393	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#221
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#245	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#240
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
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 (10-9)	#6
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74

Who Should I Trade?

Mick Abel for Shane Baz (2026)

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