Cole Sands or Connor Prielipp
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| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN  | Connor Prielipp SP - MIN  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 13 | 20 |
| Games Started | 0 | 19 |
| Innings Pitched | 12.0 | 104.0 |
| Wins | 1 | 4 |
| Losses | 1 | 7 |
| Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 3 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 15 | 102 |
| Earned Runs | 11 | 61 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 13 |
| Strikeouts | 11 | 111 |
| Walks | 5 | 40 |
| ERA | 8.25 | 5.28 |
| WHIP | 1.67 | 1.37 |
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Connor Prielipp SP - MIN | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 64 | 33 |
| Games Started | 1 | 4 |
| Innings Pitched | 66.5 | 49.6 |
| Wins | 4 | 3 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 4 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 12 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 61 | 48 |
| Earned Runs | 30 | 23 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 65 | 47 |
| Walks | 20 | 19 |
| ERA | 4.02 | 4.12 |
| WHIP | 1.21 | 1.35 |
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Connor Prielipp SP - MIN | |
| News | ||
| Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th | Connor Prielipp allowed zero earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday's 15-2 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Wed, Sep 2nd | |
| The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st | Connor Prielipp allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out five over 5.1 innings in Wednesday's 7-4 loss to the Athletics. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 27th | |
| Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st | Connor Prielipp allowed six earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out seven over six innings in Friday's 6-2 loss to the Padres. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 22nd | |
| The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th | Connor Prielipp allowed eight earned runs on eight hits and four walks while striking out six over five innings in Saturday's 9-1 loss to the Phillies. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 16th | |
| Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th | Connor Prielipp allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over five innings in Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 10th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Connor Prielipp SP - MIN | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers | #54 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers | #54 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish | #60 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish | #60 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ BAL | Shane Baz | #64 | @ BAL | Shane Baz | #64 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ KC | Kris Bubic | #169 | @ KC | Kris Bubic | #169 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ KC | Noah Cameron | #81 | @ KC | Noah Cameron | #81 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans | @ KC | Cole Ragans | ||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs TB | Joe Boyle | #212 | vs TB | Joe Boyle | #212 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs TB | Steven Matz | #181 | vs TB | Steven Matz | #181 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs TB | Nick Martinez | #85 | vs TB | Nick Martinez | #85 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs DET | Casey Mize | #51 | vs DET | Casey Mize | #51 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal | #2 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal | #2 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs DET | Framber Valdez | #34 | vs DET | Framber Valdez | #34 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty | #89 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty | #89 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin | ||
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ TOR | Eric Lauer | #261 | @ TOR | Eric Lauer | #261 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer | #122 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer | #122 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet | #132 | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet | #132 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray | #38 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray | #38 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs BOS | Connelly Early | #159 | vs BOS | Connelly Early | #159 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson | #395 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson | #395 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott | #133 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott | #133 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs CIN | Brady Singer | #156 | vs CIN | Brady Singer | #156 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ NYM | Nolan McLean | #24 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean | #24 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ NYM | Clay Holmes | #44 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes | #44 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ NYM | Christian Scott | #43 | @ NYM | Christian Scott | #43 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen | #20 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen | #20 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan | #138 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan | #138 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TB | Griffin Jax | #30 | @ TB | Griffin Jax | #30 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo | #98 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo | #98 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert | #17 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert | #17 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs SEA | George Kirby | #21 | vs SEA | George Kirby | #21 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman | #22 | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman | #22 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin | ||
| Sat, May 2nd | vs TOR | Dylan Cease | #10 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease | #10 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage | #207 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage | #207 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli | #40 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli | #40 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas | ||
| Thu, May 7th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin | #157 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin | #157 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ CLE | Parker Messick | #37 | @ CLE | Parker Messick | #37 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee | #62 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee | #62 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams | #23 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams | #23 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs MIA | Eury Perez | #46 | vs MIA | Eury Perez | #46 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs MIA | Max Meyer | vs MIA | Max Meyer | ||
| Thu, May 14th | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett | #209 | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett | #209 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow | #282 | vs MIL | Coleman Crow | #282 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson | #28 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson | #28 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIL | Robert Gasser | #82 | vs MIL | Robert Gasser | #82 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai | #120 | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai | #120 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs HOU | Jason Alexander | #368 | vs HOU | Jason Alexander | #368 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows | #242 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows | #242 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ BOS | Payton Tolle | #31 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle | #31 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ BOS | Jovani Moran | #160 | @ BOS | Jovani Moran | #160 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray | #38 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray | #38 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay | #148 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay | #148 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ CWS | Sean Burke | #68 | @ CWS | Sean Burke | #68 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ CWS | David Sandlin | #347 | @ CWS | David Sandlin | #347 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin | #113 | @ CWS | Davis Martin | #113 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ PIT | Jared Jones | #50 | @ PIT | Jared Jones | #50 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller | @ PIT | Mitch Keller | ||
| Sun, May 31st | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft | #35 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft | #35 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs CWS | David Sandlin | #347 | vs CWS | David Sandlin | #347 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs CWS | Davis Martin | #113 | vs CWS | Davis Martin | #113 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs CWS | Erick Fedde | #406 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde | #406 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs KC | Seth Lugo | #137 | vs KC | Seth Lugo | #137 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs KC | Michael Wacha | #76 | vs KC | Michael Wacha | #76 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs KC | Luinder Avila | vs KC | Luinder Avila | ||
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron | #81 | vs KC | Noah Cameron | #81 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ DET | Troy Melton | #72 | @ DET | Troy Melton | #72 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ DET | Framber Valdez | #34 | @ DET | Framber Valdez | #34 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ DET | Keider Montero | #123 | @ DET | Keider Montero | #123 |
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy | #80 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy | #80 |
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore | #78 | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore | #78 |
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy | #101 | vs STL | Michael McGreevy | #101 |
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore | #42 | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore | #42 |
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker | #117 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker | #117 |
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter | #191 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter | #191 |
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ARI | Michael Soroka | #96 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka | #96 |
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen | #149 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen | #149 |
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ ARI | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs LAD | Will Klein | vs LAD | Will Klein | ||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski | #114 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski | #114 |
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani | #1 | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani | #1 |
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #420 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano | #420 |
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen | #163 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen | #163 |
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs COL | Ryan Feltner | #419 | vs COL | Ryan Feltner | #419 |
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert | #145 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert | #145 |
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows | #242 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows | #242 |
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai | #120 | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai | #120 |
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole | #18 | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole | #18 |
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ NYY | Brendan Beck | #259 | @ NYY | Brendan Beck | #259 |
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers | #201 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers | #201 |
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo | #67 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo | #67 |
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi | #174 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi | #174 |
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams | #23 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams | #23 |
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs LAA | Grayson Rodriguez | #95 | vs LAA | Grayson Rodriguez | #95 |
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | #239 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | #239 |
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano | #26 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano | #26 |
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ CHC | Colin Rea | #196 | @ CHC | Colin Rea | #196 |
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd | #55 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd | #55 |
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga | #36 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga | #36 |
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee | #62 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee | #62 |
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ CLE | Parker Messick | #37 | @ CLE | Parker Messick | #37 |
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi | #174 | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi | #174 |
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | Gavin Williams | #23 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams | #23 |
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez | #143 | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez | #143 |
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs ATH | Brady Basso | #214 | vs ATH | Brady Basso | #214 |
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs | #337 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs | #337 |
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs KC | Seth Lugo | #137 | vs KC | Seth Lugo | #137 |
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs KC | Randy Dobnak | #418 | vs KC | Randy Dobnak | #418 |
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs KC | Noah Cameron | #81 | vs KC | Noah Cameron | #81 |
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ SEA | Bryce Miller | #47 | @ SEA | Bryce Miller | #47 |
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert | #17 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert | #17 |
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ SEA | George Kirby | #21 | @ SEA | George Kirby | #21 |
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ KC | Randy Dobnak | #418 | @ KC | Randy Dobnak | #418 |
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ KC | Noah Cameron | #81 | @ KC | Noah Cameron | #81 |
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ KC | Michael Wacha | #76 | @ KC | Michael Wacha | #76 |
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ MIL | Shane Drohan | #102 | @ MIL | Shane Drohan | #102 |
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ MIL | Robert Gasser | #82 | @ MIL | Robert Gasser | #82 |
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #6 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski | #6 |
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers | #54 | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers | #54 |
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs BAL | Brandon Young | #124 | vs BAL | Brandon Young | #124 |
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs BAL | Shane Baz | #64 | vs BAL | Shane Baz | #64 |
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola | #63 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola | #63 |
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo | #11 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo | #11 |
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs PHI | Andrew Painter | #154 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter | #154 |
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATL | Martin Perez | #199 | vs ATL | Martin Perez | #199 |
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATL | Tyler Mahle | #70 | vs ATL | Tyler Mahle | #70 |
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATL | AJ Smith-Shawver | #109 | vs ATL | AJ Smith-Shawver | #109 |
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SD | Randy Vasquez | #213 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez | #213 |
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SD | Casey Mize | #51 | @ SD | Casey Mize | #51 |
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SD | Walker Buehler | #178 | @ SD | Walker Buehler | #178 |
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs | #337 | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs | #337 |
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ATH | Gage Jump | #103 | @ ATH | Gage Jump | #103 |
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn | #340 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn | #340 |
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CWS | Luis Castillo | #98 | vs CWS | Luis Castillo | #98 |
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde | #406 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde | #406 |
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CWS | Jordan Hicks | #224 | vs CWS | Jordan Hicks | #224 |
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs DET | Jackson Jobe | #172 | vs DET | Jackson Jobe | #172 |
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs DET | Troy Melton | #72 | vs DET | Troy Melton | #72 |
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs DET | Drew Anderson | #73 | vs DET | Drew Anderson | #73 |
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde | #406 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde | #406 |
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay | #148 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay | #148 |
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ CWS | Bryan Hudson | #141 | @ CWS | Bryan Hudson | #141 |
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ DET | Troy Melton | #72 | @ DET | Troy Melton | #72 |
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #73 | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #73 |
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ DET | Keider Montero | #123 | @ DET | Keider Montero | #123 |
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CLE | Parker Messick | #37 | vs CLE | Parker Messick | #37 |
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams | #23 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams | #23 |
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo | #67 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo | #67 |
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs NYY | Max Fried | #16 | vs NYY | Max Fried | #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 | ||||
