Cole Sands or Louis Varland

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Cole Sands or Louis Varland Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Louis Varland RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	61

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.0	67.2

Wins	1	5

Losses	1	4

Saves	1	30

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	3	5

Hits Allowed	15	50

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	11	83

Walks	5	18

ERA	8.25	1.33

WHIP	1.67	1.00

Cole Sands or Louis Varland Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Louis Varland RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	64	61

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	66.5	66.8

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	4	2

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	12	15

Hits Allowed	61	61

Earned Runs	30	28

Home Runs Allowed	8	8

Strikeouts	65	66

Walks	20	20

ERA	4.02	3.73

WHIP	1.21	1.21

Cole Sands or Louis Varland Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Louis Varland RP - TOR
News
	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Louis Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Louis Varland struck out three batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Blue Jays closer Louis Varland allowed one hit and one walk with two strikeouts while earning the save in a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Blue Jays right-hander Louis Varland pitched a cleaning ninth inning with two strikeouts while earning the save in a 3-1 win over the Rays on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	Louis Varland struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Saturday's 1-0 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
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Cole Sands or Louis Varland Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Louis Varland RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#48	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#9	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#35
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#59	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#36	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#31	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#13
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#36
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#47	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#437	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#59	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#242	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#210
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#121
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#48	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Wed, Jun 17th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#368
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Fri, Aug 14th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#59