Cole Sands or Eric Lauer
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| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN  | Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 12 | 9 |
| Games Started | 0 | 7 |
| Innings Pitched | 11.2 | 42.1 |
| Wins | 1 | 2 |
| Losses | 1 | 5 |
| Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 3 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 12 | 42 |
| Earned Runs | 6 | 28 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | 12 |
| Strikeouts | 11 | 30 |
| Walks | 4 | 17 |
| ERA | 4.63 | 5.95 |
| WHIP | 1.37 | 1.39 |
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 64 | 40 |
| Games Started | 1 | 4 |
| Innings Pitched | 66.5 | 68.6 |
| Wins | 4 | 4 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 4 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 12 | 3 |
| Hits Allowed | 61 | 65 |
| Earned Runs | 30 | 32 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 11 |
| Strikeouts | 65 | 63 |
| Walks | 20 | 22 |
| ERA | 4.02 | 4.19 |
| WHIP | 1.21 | 1.26 |
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD | |
| News | ||
| Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th | Eric Lauer allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Tuesday's win over Colorado. Chase Davis Wed, May 27th | |
| Cole Sands has been placed on the 10-day IL due to a right forearm strain. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd | Eric Lauer threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th | |
| Cole Sands worked around a free pass and did his job with minimal drama. Sands allowed no runs on zero hits and one walk while striking out two over one inning in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Orioles, earning his first save of the season. Matthew Adam Sun, Mar 29th | Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer is penciled in to start next Tuesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th | |
| The Twins are keeping Cole Sands in discussion to close games heading into the season. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th | Eric Lauer will join the Dodgers rotation after their current road trip. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | |
| Cole Sands and the Minnesota Twins avoided arbitration and Sands agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.1 million. David Leisering Mon, Jan 12th | Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the Dodgers plan to use Eric Lauer as a reliever/swingman. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #80 | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #9 | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #424 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #59 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | vs MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #120 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #197 | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #191 | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-1) | #77 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #152 | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #333 | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #141 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #183 | @ MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #191 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | vs COL | Tanner Gordon (0-0) | #325 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #69 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs KC | Luinder Avila | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 | |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ DET | @ PIT | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ DET | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs STL | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs STL | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs STL | @ CWS | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ TEX | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ TEX | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ TEX | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ARI | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ARI | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ ARI | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs LAD | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs LAD | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs LAD | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs COL | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs COL | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs COL | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ NYY | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ NYY | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ NYY | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs CLE | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs CLE | vs COL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs CLE | |||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs LAA | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs LAA | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs LAA | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ CHC | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ CHC | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ CHC | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ CLE | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ CLE | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ CLE | @ PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs ATH | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs ATH | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs ATH | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs KC | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs KC | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs KC | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ SEA | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ SEA | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ SEA | vs BOS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ KC | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ KC | @ CHC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ MIL | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ MIL | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ MIL | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BAL | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs BAL | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs BAL | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PHI | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs PHI | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs PHI | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATL | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATL | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATL | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SD | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SD | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SD | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ATH | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ATH | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ATH | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CWS | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CWS | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CWS | @ DET | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs DET | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs DET | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs DET | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ CWS | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ CWS | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ CWS | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ DET | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ DET | vs CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ DET | vs CIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CLE | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CLE | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CLE | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs NYY | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs NYY | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs NYY | @ CIN | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ LAA | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ LAA | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ LAA | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ LAA | vs SF | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ SF | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ SF | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs TEX | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs TEX | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs TEX | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | @ HOU | Steven Okert | ||||
| Mon, May 11th | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #161 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs TB | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs SD | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs COL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ CHC | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs MIL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ ATL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs STL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs SD | |||||
