Cole Sands or Janson Junk

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Cole Sands or Janson Junk Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	25

Games Started	0	24

Innings Pitched	12.0	119.0

Wins	1	6

Losses	1	9

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	15	124

Earned Runs	11	57

Home Runs Allowed	3	14

Strikeouts	11	84

Walks	5	32

ERA	8.25	4.31

WHIP	1.67	1.31

Cole Sands or Janson Junk Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	64	37

Games Started	1	11

Innings Pitched	66.5	89.8

Wins	4	5

Losses	3	5

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	1

Hits Allowed	61	95

Earned Runs	30	42

Home Runs Allowed	8	11

Strikeouts	65	65

Walks	20	20

ERA	4.02	4.24

WHIP	1.21	1.28

Cole Sands or Janson Junk Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
News
	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Janson Junk allowed no runs on two hits and one walk while striking out six in Tuesday's 8-2 win over the Chicago Cubs. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Sep 23rd
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Janson Junk allowed one run on five hits and one walk while striking out four across three innings in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Sep 16th
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Janson Junk allowed eight runs on eight hits and one walk while recording no strikeouts across three innings in Wednesday's 15-14 loss to the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Sep 10th
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Janson Junk allowed one run on four hits over 4 2/3 innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 31st
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	Janson Junk allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and one walk while striking out two across six innings in Wednesday's 8-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 13th
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Cole Sands or Janson Junk Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#143	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#151	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#118	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#6
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#346
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#323
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#202
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#114	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#41	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#144	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#346	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#138	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#323	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#52	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#102
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#159	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#149
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#18	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#157	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#12
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#35	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#84	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#111
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#116
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#155	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#191
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#30	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#71
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)	#279
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#16	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#63	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#119
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#87
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#135	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#29
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#33	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#105	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#137
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#301	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#43	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#131
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#186	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#39
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#41	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#56
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#69	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#121
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#257	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#25	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#39
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#56
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#52
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#257	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)	#279
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#319	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#110
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#126
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#159
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)	#88	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#211
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#47	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#188
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#169	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#132
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#102	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#108	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#109	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#211	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#44	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#13	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#145
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#361	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#133	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#302
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#301	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#243
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#255
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#7	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#107
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#212	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#92	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#235	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#16	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#97	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#172	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#22	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#261	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#42	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#105
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#218
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#30	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#235	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#133
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#304	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#187	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#348	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#126	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#342	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#52
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#45	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#232
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#23	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#342	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#90	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#105	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#9	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#97
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#36
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#116	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#62	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#103
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#323
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#54	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#214	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#170	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#173
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#155
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)	#156
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#348	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#37
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#43
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#41
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#157	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)	#156
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#319	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#32
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#197	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#110
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#230	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#181
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)	#88	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#342
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#75	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#319	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#283	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#160
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#216	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#78
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)	#88	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#152
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#75	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#72
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#169	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#30	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#27
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)	#253	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#12
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#82	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#163
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#53	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#50
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#6	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#61
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#31	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#132
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#247
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#97	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#28
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#26	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#67
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#172	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#250
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#286
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-2)	#303	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#24
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#305	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#96	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#153
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#166
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#58	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#137
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#255
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#319
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#200
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Wed, Jun 17th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#40
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#57
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC