Who Should I Trade?

Mick Abel for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Mick Abel SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	# 201
VBR	# 1	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	31	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.25	‐
WHIP	1.17	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	# 151

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 335

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 305

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 153

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	4

Games Started	14	3

Innings Pitched	85.2	20.1

Wins	8	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	22

Earned Runs	17	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	95	23

Walks	26	10

ERA	1.79	3.98

WHIP	0.95	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	27.4	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	3.25	‐

WHIP	1.17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Mick Abel SP - MIN
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is not in Thursday's lineup due to knee soreness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Shohei Ohtani is not in the Dodgers lineup on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Shohei Ohtani went 3-for-4 in loss to the Mariners with a home run, a double, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Shohei Ohtani will not throw his scheduled bullpen on Saturday due to his knee not feeling 100%. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani (knee) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Mick Abel SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#241	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Mick Abel for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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