Cole Sands or Matthew Liberatore

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Cole Sands or Matthew Liberatore Player Statistics
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	13	0

Innings Pitched	66.1	11.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	74	12

Earned Runs	33	6

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	61	11

Walks	26	4

ERA	4.48	4.63

WHIP	1.51	1.37

Cole Sands or Matthew Liberatore Player Projections
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	64

Games Started	28	1

Innings Pitched	147.9	66.5

Wins	8	4

Losses	10	3

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	12

Hits Allowed	147	61

Earned Runs	69	30

Home Runs Allowed	19	8

Strikeouts	122	65

Walks	46	20

ERA	4.18	4.02

WHIP	1.31	1.21

Cole Sands or Matthew Liberatore Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over 4.1 innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 7th	Cole Sands began a rehab assignment on Tuesday with Triple-A St. Paul, tossing a scoreless inning with one strikeout. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 3rd
	Matthew Liberatore allowed zero earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out four over 5.1 innings in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Cubs. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st	Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out 10 over five innings in Monday's loss to the Brewers. Chase Davis Tue, May 26th	Cole Sands has been placed on the 10-day IL due to a right forearm strain. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	Matthew Liberatore will now start on Monday for the Cardinals against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	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
	Matthew Liberatore allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out nine over 4.2 innings in Tuesday's win over the Pirates. Chase Davis Wed, May 20th	The Twins are keeping Cole Sands in discussion to close games heading into the season. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
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Cole Sands or Matthew Liberatore Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (5-2)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (3-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#157	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-7)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-3)	#100	@ BAL	Shane Baz (3-6)	#77
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#159	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (4-4)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#39
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (3-4)	#26	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#157
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-7)	#64	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-3)	#100
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-4)	#193	vs TB	Nick Martinez (5-2)	#86
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (6-4)	#153	vs DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#65
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-4)	#83	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (3-2)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-5)	#270	vs DET	Framber Valdez (3-4)	#26
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (1-7)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-3)	#91	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-2)	#246
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#27	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#262
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#175	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#137
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#31	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-3)	#109	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (7-1)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#99	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-3)	#91
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#217	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#370
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#229	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#93
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#132	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#314	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#135	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#159
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#89
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-5)	#17	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (5-2)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-4)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#88	@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-4)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (1-1)	#162	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#35	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (4-4)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-7)	#121	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-5)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-4)	#21
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-3)	#49	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-2)	#246
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#103	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#114	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-3)	#60
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-4)	#83
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#156	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-5)	#270
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (4-5)	#40	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#205
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (0-4)	#155	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-2)	#54
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-4)	#189	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (1-7)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#202	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#31
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#123	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#115
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#118	vs MIA	Max Meyer (6-0)	#59
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#210	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-4)	#80	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#196
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#94	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (3-1)	#171	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (0-2)	#172
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (5-3)	#92	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#128	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#132
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (3-2)	#57
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (0-0)	#407	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (1-2)	#182
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (7-1)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (7-2)	#12	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#200
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (7-1)	#52	@ CWS	Sean Burke (3-3)	#126
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (3-2)	#113	@ CWS	David Sandlin (1-1)	#215
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-2)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#28	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-0)	#69
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (2-2)	#45	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-3)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#242	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#7	vs CWS	David Sandlin (1-1)	#215
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#19	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-2)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#405
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#160	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-4)	#80
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (2-1)	#74	vs KC	Luinder Avila (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#186	vs KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (4-4)	#25	@ DET	Troy Melton (2-0)	#119
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#89	@ DET	Framber Valdez (3-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM			@ DET	Keider Montero (2-4)	#193
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (4-3)	#16	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-4)	#116	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-5)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (5-2)	#67	vs STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-1)	#177	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD			@ TEX
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC			@ TEX
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC			@ ARI
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ARI
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC			@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI			vs LAD
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA			vs COL
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA			vs COL
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA			vs COL
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL			@ HOU
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA			@ CLE
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA			@ CLE
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN			vs ATH
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN			vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#124
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (6-0)	#59
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (3-2)	#113
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#35
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