Cole Sands or Michael Mercado

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Cole Sands or Michael Mercado Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
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 Mercado Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	64	8

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	66.5	14.9

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	61	17

Earned Runs	30	18

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	65	13

Walks	20	10

ERA	4.02	10.55

WHIP	1.21	1.76

Cole Sands or Michael Mercado Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Cole Sands or Michael Mercado Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#149
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-2)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#164	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#294	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#196	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#371
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#186
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#403	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#162
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#28	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#238	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#188
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#275	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#280	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#105
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#276	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#188	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#178
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#176
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#34	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#174
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#295	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#346
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#124
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#399	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#207	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#178	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#178	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#210	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#348	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#348	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#346
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#79
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55	vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#101	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#127
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#187	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#70
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#150	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#87
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)	#250	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	@ WSH	Zak Kent
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#124
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157	@ NYM	Jonah Tong (2-1)	#102
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs TB
Tue, Mar 31st				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Jun 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#119
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#130
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL