{"id":835141,"date":"2026-07-31T07:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/835141\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T07:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:08:25","slug":"a-j-minter-reportedly-traded-to-twins-ahead-of-2026-mlb-deadline-mets-get-2-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/835141\/","title":{"rendered":"A.J. Minter Reportedly Traded to Twins Ahead of 2026 MLB Deadline, Mets Get 2 Prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Minnesota Twins are reportedly acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter in a trade with the New York Mets, per ESPN&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/2083036855407132790\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Jeff Passan<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">As Passan noted, the 47-63 Mets are expected to be sellers ahead of Monday&#8217;s trade deadline, and the Minter trade is likely just the opening salvo. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Mets will receive prospects Bruin Agbayani and Billy Amick, per The Athletic&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WillSammon\/status\/2083038358968680717?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Will Sammon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Twins, meanwhile, are 55-55 and just three games back of the Chicago White Sox in the congested AL Central. Thursday&#8217;s trade is an indication that the Twins are very much interested in fueling a playoff push. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Minter, 32, is 1-1 this season across 23 appearances with a 2.35 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 20 strikeouts and one hold. He&#8217;ll provide the Twins with a lefty to utilize in leverage situations, a need once Anthony Banda was lost for the year in June due to a left lat strain. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">All eyes are on high-profile trade candidates like Tarik Skubal heading into the weekend. But the Twins did well to address a need and gear up for a potential postseason run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Twins are reportedly acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter in a trade with the New York Mets,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-835141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}