Cole Sands or Michael Darrell-Hicks

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Cole Sands or Michael Darrell-Hicks Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	12.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	8.25	‐

WHIP	1.67	‐

Cole Sands or Michael Darrell-Hicks Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	64	10

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	66.5	11.8

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	1

Hits Allowed	61	13

Earned Runs	30	10

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	65	10

Walks	20	5

ERA	4.02	7.79

WHIP	1.21	1.55

Cole Sands or Michael Darrell-Hicks Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
News
	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Michael Darrell-Hicks has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Pittsburgh Pirates. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
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Cole Sands or Michael Darrell-Hicks Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#181	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#134
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#209	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#282	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#368	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#160	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#284
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#228
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#189
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#259	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#226
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#418	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#109	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#172
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#146
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#224	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#172
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ DET
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#357
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL