Players · M · Pitcher · 2026

A.J. Minter

Age: 33
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 215 lb
Number: #33

Born: September 2, 1993 in Tyler, TX, United States
MLB debut: August 23, 2017
Drafted: 2012, round 38
College: Texas A&M
High school: Brook Hill
Salary, 2026: $11M

dbWAR: 8.1
IP: 44.2
ERA: 2.62
FIP: 4.20
K/9: 8.3
FIP−: 101

A.J. Minter is a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2026 he struck out 41 batters over 44.2 innings across 47 appearances, going 2-2. His ERA of 2.62 is 37.3% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the best on his team, and 55th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.20 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.8% of swings (12.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.5%. His 0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP4.20

K/98.3

WHIP1.07

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	MIN/NYM	47	44.2	2	2	1	40	13	41	8	2.62	4.20	1.07	8.3	1.6	63	101	0.2
2025	NYM	13	11.0	0	0	0	6	2	14	5	1.64	1.95	1.00	11.5	4.1	39	47	0.3
2024	ATL	39	34.1	5	4	1	24	10	35	11	2.62	4.45	1.02	9.2	2.9	64	109	0.0
2023	ATL	70	64.2	3	6	10	56	27	82	21	3.76	2.90	1.19	11.4	2.9	87	67	1.5
2022	ATL	75	70.0	5	4	5	49	16	94	15	2.06	2.13	0.91	12.1	1.9	52	54	1.9
2021	ATL	61	52.1	3	6	0	44	22	57	20	3.78	2.69	1.22	9.8	3.4	89	63	1.3
2020	ATL	22	21.2	1	1	0	15	2	24	9	0.83	2.82	1.11	10.0	3.7	19	63	0.5
2019	ATL	36	29.1	3	4	5	36	23	35	23	7.06	4.61	2.01	10.7	7.1	157	102	0.1
2018	ATL	65	61.1	4	3	15	57	22	69	22	3.23	2.72	1.29	10.1	3.2	78	66	1.4
2017	ATL	16	15.0	0	1	0	13	5	26	2	3.00	0.96	1.00	15.6	1.2	69	22	0.7

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2021	ATL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	—	0.0%	100.0%	.000	-0.3	-116	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	91	86	22	3	4	22	.256	.289	.407	.305	24.2%
vs RHB	91	86	18	5	4	19	.209	.253	.442	.294	20.9%

Pitch sequencing

What A.J. Minter throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Cutter	55.2%	369	89.0	2,549	45.8%	26.5%	101	.208	.651
Four-Seam Fastball	27.7%	185	93.5	2,446	44.3%	20.7%	46	.370	1.048
Changeup	12.6%	84	86.4	1,584	40.5%	20.0%	18	.111	.311
Sinker	4.5%	30	93.4	2,465	56.7%	15.4%	8	—	—

A.J. Minter's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.