Cole Sands or John Means

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Cole Sands or John Means Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	John Means SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	11.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.63	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Cole Sands or John Means Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	John Means SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	64	9

Games Started	1	4

Innings Pitched	66.5	39.5

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	61	26

Earned Runs	30	20

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	65	19

Walks	20	8

ERA	4.02	4.44

WHIP	1.21	0.86

Cole Sands or John Means Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	John Means SP - KC
News
	Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	John Means has signed a two-year minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals. The lefthander is expected to miss all of 2026 recovering from a ruptured Achilles injury. David Leisering Fri, Feb 13th
	Cole Sands has been placed on the 10-day IL due to a right forearm strain. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	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 Twins are keeping Cole Sands in discussion to close games heading into the season. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	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
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Cole Sands or John Means Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			John Means SP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#95
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#42	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#136
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#78	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#229
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#91	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#166
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#101	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#76	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#69
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#53	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (3-2)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#26	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#98
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#67	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#183
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#232	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#254	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#366
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#148	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#10
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#30	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#26
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#99	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#374	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#100	@ NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#61
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#140	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#70
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#29	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#169	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (0-0)	#102
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#23	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#420
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#51	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#218
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#111
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#232	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#46	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#88	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-4)	#216	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#98
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#202	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#50	vs DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#59	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#366
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#72	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#222
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#149	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#183
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-0)	#189	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#86
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#164
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (0-1)	#188	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#146
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (2-2)	#154	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#327	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#120	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#84	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (0-2)	#180	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#6
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#183	vs NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#138	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (1-0)	#209	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#73
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (0-0)	#65	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#52
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#97	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#48	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#79
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (1-0)	#209	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#73	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#366	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#339
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#110	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#82	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila		@ MIN
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#91	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET			vs TEX
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET			vs TEX
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET			vs TEX
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL			vs HOU
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL			vs HOU
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL			vs HOU
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX			@ WSH
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX			@ WSH
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI			vs STL
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs STL
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD			@ TB
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD			@ TB
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD			@ TB
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL			@ CWS
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL			@ CWS
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL			@ CWS
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU			vs TB
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU			vs TB
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC			vs SD
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE			vs SF
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE			@ DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH			@ DET
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH			@ DET
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH			@ DET
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#42
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS