Brandon Waddell or Cole Sands

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Brandon Waddell or Cole Sands Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	12.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	8.25	‐

WHIP	1.67	‐

Brandon Waddell or Cole Sands Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	64	10

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	66.5	20.5

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	61	21

Earned Runs	30	14

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	65	19

Walks	20	10

ERA	4.02	6.36

WHIP	1.21	1.51

Brandon Waddell or Cole Sands Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
News
	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Brandon Waddell has been named the starter for the Mets spring training opener on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
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Brandon Waddell or Cole Sands Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#194	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Tue, Mar 31st				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#237	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#182	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#165	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#253
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#285	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#204	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#42
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#259
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#363	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#200	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#250	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#250	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#161
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#188
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#209	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#148	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#286
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#248	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#393	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#393	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Fri, Aug 14th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#187
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#104	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#150
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395	vs HOU	Bennett Sousa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#179	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#216
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#156	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#75	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#281
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141	vs SF	Anthony Molina
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#149	vs SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-0)	#264
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#75	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#42
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#42	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ WSH
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF