Cole Sands or Gordon Graceffo
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| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN  | Gordon Graceffo RP - STL  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 12 | 24 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 11.2 | 28.1 |
| Wins | 1 | 4 |
| Losses | 1 | 1 |
| Saves | 1 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 3 | 3 |
| Hits Allowed | 12 | 14 |
| Earned Runs | 6 | 5 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 11 | 12 |
| Walks | 4 | 11 |
| ERA | 4.63 | 1.59 |
| WHIP | 1.37 | 0.88 |
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Gordon Graceffo RP - STL | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 64 | 43 |
| Games Started | 1 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 66.5 | 53.5 |
| Wins | 4 | 2 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 4 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 12 | 3 |
| Hits Allowed | 61 | 54 |
| Earned Runs | 30 | 27 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 65 | 43 |
| Walks | 20 | 18 |
| ERA | 4.02 | 4.56 |
| WHIP | 1.21 | 1.35 |
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Gordon Graceffo RP - STL | |
| News | ||
| Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th | Gordon Graceffo walked one batter in a scoreless outing during Friday's 5-4 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Sat, May 16th | |
| Cole Sands has been placed on the 10-day IL due to a right forearm strain. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd | Gordon Graceffo gave up one hit while getting one out to close out the extra-inning win on Sunday. Chase Davis Mon, Apr 20th | |
| 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 | The Cardinals recalled Gordon Graceffo from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st | |
| The Twins are keeping Cole Sands in discussion to close games heading into the season. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th | The Cardinals optioned RHP Gordon Graceffo to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st | |
| 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 | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Gordon Graceffo RP - STL | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #95 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #42 | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #166 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #101 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #78 | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #169 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #91 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #166 | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #26 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #101 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #67 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #76 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #53 | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #168 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #88 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #26 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #67 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #232 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #254 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #33 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #148 | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #145 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #10 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #30 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #98 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #112 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #374 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #185 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #100 | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #206 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #140 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #120 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #339 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #169 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #119 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #102 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #6 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #51 | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #90 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #45 | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #156 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #232 | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #41 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #46 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #134 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #88 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #135 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #202 | @ SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #50 | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #142 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #201 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #59 | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #130 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #149 | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #200 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #189 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #63 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #91 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #188 | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #167 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #154 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #327 | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #97 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #120 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #124 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #84 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #180 | @ CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #30 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #183 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #17 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #138 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #69 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #209 | @ MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #129 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #73 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #65 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #22 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #97 | vs CHC | Ben Brown (1-2) | #55 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-1) | #237 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #209 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #73 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #366 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #52 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #110 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #140 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs KC | Luinder Avila | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #62 | |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #91 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ DET | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ DET | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ DET | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs STL | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs STL | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs STL | @ MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ TEX | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ TEX | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ TEX | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ARI | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ARI | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ ARI | @ KC | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs LAD | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs LAD | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs LAD | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs COL | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs COL | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs COL | vs MIA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ HOU | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ HOU | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ HOU | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ NYY | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ NYY | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ NYY | @ CHC | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs CLE | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs CLE | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs CLE | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs LAA | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs LAA | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs LAA | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ CHC | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ CHC | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ CHC | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ CLE | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ CLE | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ CLE | @ LAA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs ATH | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs ATH | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs ATH | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs KC | vs CHC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs KC | vs CHC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs KC | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ SEA | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ SEA | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ SEA | @ TOR | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ KC | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ KC | @ NYY | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ MIL | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ MIL | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ MIL | vs COL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BAL | vs PHI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs BAL | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs BAL | vs PHI | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PHI | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs PHI | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs PHI | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATL | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATL | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATL | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SD | @ PHI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SD | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SD | @ PHI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ATH | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ATH | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ATH | vs BAL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CWS | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CWS | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CWS | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs DET | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs DET | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs DET | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ DET | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ DET | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ DET | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CLE | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CLE | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CLE | vs CWS | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs NYY | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs NYY | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs NYY | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ LAA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ LAA | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ LAA | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ LAA | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ SF | @ PIT | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ SF | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #132 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs MIL | Chad Patrick (2-2) | #129 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs SD | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs ARI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ ATL | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs MIL | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs CHC | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ NYY | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CHC | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ CIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs BAL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ LAD | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ PIT | |||||
