A.J. Minter or Cole Sands

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A.J. Minter or Cole Sands Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	38

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.0	36.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	7

Hits Allowed	15	28

Earned Runs	11	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	11	32

Walks	5	6

ERA	8.25	1.72

WHIP	1.67	0.93

A.J. Minter or Cole Sands Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	64	48

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	66.5	47.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	2

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	15

Hits Allowed	61	39

Earned Runs	30	20

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	65	53

Walks	20	17

ERA	4.02	3.84

WHIP	1.21	1.17

A.J. Minter or Cole Sands Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
News
	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Mets are expected to activate A.J. Minter from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	A.J. Minter will make one more rehab appearance this weekend at Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
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A.J. Minter or Cole Sands Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#181	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#181
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#209	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#209
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#282	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#282
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#368	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#368
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#160	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#160
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#259	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#259
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#109	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#109
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#224	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#224
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#172	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#172
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs TEX