Cole Sands or Connor Brogdon

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Cole Sands or Connor Brogdon Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.0	15.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	3	4

Hits Allowed	15	14

Earned Runs	11	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	11	14

Walks	5	3

ERA	8.25	5.28

WHIP	1.67	1.11

Cole Sands or Connor Brogdon Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	64	47

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	66.5	50.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	5

Hits Allowed	61	47

Earned Runs	30	27

Home Runs Allowed	8	8

Strikeouts	65	50

Walks	20	21

ERA	4.02	4.81

WHIP	1.21	1.36

Cole Sands or Connor Brogdon Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
News
	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Guardians sent RHP Connor Brogdon outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Guardians designated Connor Brogdon for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Connor Brogdon struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on one hit to earn the save in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Mariners in 10 innings. Matthew Adam Sun, Mar 29th
	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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Cole Sands or Connor Brogdon Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#216	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#189	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#336
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#235
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#215	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#315	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#67
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#232	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#121	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#262
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#236	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS