Cole Sands or Rico Garcia

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Cole Sands or Rico Garcia Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Rico Garcia RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	72

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.0	64.1

Wins	1	5

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	9

Blown Saves	0	6

Holds	3	18

Hits Allowed	15	41

Earned Runs	11	21

Home Runs Allowed	3	9

Strikeouts	11	65

Walks	5	21

ERA	8.25	2.94

WHIP	1.67	0.96

Cole Sands or Rico Garcia Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Rico Garcia RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	64	49

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	66.5	50.4

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	11

Hits Allowed	61	47

Earned Runs	30	27

Home Runs Allowed	8	8

Strikeouts	65	53

Walks	20	23

ERA	4.02	4.74

WHIP	1.21	1.38

Cole Sands or Rico Garcia Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Rico Garcia RP - BAL
News
	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Rico Garcia struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Rays. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 22nd
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Rico Garcia struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 3rd
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Rico Garcia struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Mon, May 11th
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	Rico Garcia pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing two walks, while striking out two to earn the save in the Orioles win over the White Sox Wednesday. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 8th
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Cole Sands or Rico Garcia Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Rico Garcia RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#137	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#97
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#170	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#142	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-7)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-3)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#310
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#120
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)		vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#90	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#388	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#137
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#9	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#102
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#253
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#11	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#141	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#17
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#247	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#128
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#184
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#17
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#182
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#177	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#327
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)	#346
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#138	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#249	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#142
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#120
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#255
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#289	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#142
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#37	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#278
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#289
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#357	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#216
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#275
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#156
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#169	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#218	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#140
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#349
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#231
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#48	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#389	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#327
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#111	vs CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#357
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#138	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#285
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#202	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#204	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	vs CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#136	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#231	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#197	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#111
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#204	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#128	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#242	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#155	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#371	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#371	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#136
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#19
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#231
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#41
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#47
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#159	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#275	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#156	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#155
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#357	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#107
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#186	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#155
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#211	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#384
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#386
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#114	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#357	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#32
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#207	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#114	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#90
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)	#173	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#119
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#11
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50	@ NYM	Jonah Tong (2-1)	#98
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#17	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#78
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#47	@ NYM	Xzavion Curry (0-1)	#363
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#136	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#19	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#231	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#353	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#141
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#294	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#90
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#233	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#11
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#131	@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#142
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#61