Cole Sands or Michael Grove
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| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN  | Michael Grove RP - TB  | |
| 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 SP,RP - MIN | Michael Grove RP - TB | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 64 | 13 |
| Games Started | 1 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 66.5 | 21.0 |
| Wins | 4 | 1 |
| Losses | 3 | 1 |
| Saves | 4 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 12 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 61 | 20 |
| Earned Runs | 30 | 17 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 65 | 22 |
| Walks | 20 | 7 |
| ERA | 4.02 | 7.44 |
| WHIP | 1.21 | 1.29 |
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Michael Grove RP - TB | |
| News | ||
| Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th | Michael Grove struck out the side in a perfect inning on Saturday in a rehab appearance in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd | |
| Cole Sands has been placed on the 10-day IL due to a right forearm strain. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd | Michael Grove is scheduled to throw a live batting practice this weekend. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th | |
| 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 Rays transferred Michael Grove to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th | |
| The Twins are keeping Cole Sands in discussion to close games heading into the season. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th | The Rays signed RHP Michael Grove to a one-year contract and placed him on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th | |
| 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 | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Michael Grove RP - TB | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #88 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #77 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #164 | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #76 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #91 | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | #208 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #75 | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #223 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #54 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | vs CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #289 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #139 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #264 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #263 | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #142 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #6 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #220 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #140 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #371 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #102 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #98 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #167 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #371 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #105 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #68 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #76 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #48 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #223 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #86 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #66 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #41 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #100 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #90 | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (1-1) | #297 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #89 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #60 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #71 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #149 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #191 | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #61 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #64 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #185 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #60 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #159 | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #88 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #331 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #89 | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #31 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #183 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #67 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #182 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #140 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #213 | @ BAL | Trey Gibson (1-0) | #304 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ PIT | Jared Jones | #74 | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #406 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #98 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #45 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #408 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #213 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #54 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #357 | vs DET | Troy Melton (1-0) | #150 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #108 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips | |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs KC | Luinder Avila | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 | |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #64 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ DET | vs BOS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ DET | vs BOS | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs STL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs STL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs STL | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ TEX | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ TEX | @ LAD | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ TEX | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ARI | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ARI | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ ARI | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs LAD | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs LAD | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs LAD | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs COL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs COL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs COL | vs ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ HOU | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ HOU | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ HOU | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ NYY | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ NYY | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ NYY | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs CLE | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs CLE | vs NYY | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs CLE | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs LAA | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs LAA | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs LAA | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ CHC | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ CHC | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ CHC | @ BOS | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ CLE | @ TOR | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ CLE | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ CLE | @ TOR | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs ATH | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs ATH | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs ATH | vs CLE | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs KC | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs KC | vs TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs KC | vs TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ SEA | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ SEA | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ SEA | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ KC | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ KC | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ MIL | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ MIL | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ MIL | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BAL | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs BAL | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs BAL | @ ATH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PHI | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs PHI | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs PHI | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATL | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATL | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATL | vs TOR | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SD | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SD | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SD | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ATH | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ATH | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ATH | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs DET | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs DET | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs DET | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ CWS | @ TEX | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ CWS | @ TEX | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ CWS | @ TEX | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ DET | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ DET | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ DET | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CLE | vs HOU | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CLE | vs HOU | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CLE | vs HOU | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs NYY | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs NYY | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs NYY | vs ATH | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ LAA | vs ATH | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ LAA | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ LAA | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ LAA | vs BOS | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ SF | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ SF | @ NYY | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs TEX | @ PHI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs TEX | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs TEX | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #59 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ CWS | Jordan Leasure | ||||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #230 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #263 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs BOS | |||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ LAD | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs KC | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ KC | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs NYY | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ COL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs BAL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs TOR | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ TEX | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ ATL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ NYY | |||||
