Talking Chop · May 10, 2022
AJ Minter has quietly become elite
AJ Minter is ridiculously good, if you didn't know. And has been for a while.
When he was coming up through Atlanta's farm, Minter had a decent amount of hype attached to him as a potential high leverage reliever. And when he made his MLB debut in 2017, he didn't disappoint with 26 strikeouts and 2 walks in 15 innings with a 3.00 ERA and a 0.96 FIP. By 2018, he was viewed by everyone as an impact arm out of the bullpen, ended up splitting closing duties with Arodys Vizcaino that season, and again, didn’t disappoint with his performance. Minter saved 15 games in 2018, with a 3.23 ERA and a 2.72 FIP. It looked like Atlanta had their closer of the future.