Cole Sands or Pierce Johnson

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Cole Sands or Pierce Johnson Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	47

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.0	40.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	3	8

Hits Allowed	15	38

Earned Runs	11	20

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	11	35

Walks	5	15

ERA	8.25	4.46

WHIP	1.67	1.31

Cole Sands or Pierce Johnson Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	64	60

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	66.5	59.0

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	12	13

Hits Allowed	61	54

Earned Runs	30	29

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	65	65

Walks	20	24

ERA	4.02	4.35

WHIP	1.21	1.32

Cole Sands or Pierce Johnson Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
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Cole Sands or Pierce Johnson Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#137
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#231	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#196	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#232
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#264	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#387
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#137
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#52	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#149
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#226
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#335	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#26	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#317	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#178	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#303	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#266
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#255
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#303	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#164
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#221
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#232
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#164	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#197
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#312	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#393
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#274
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#356
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#294
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#425
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#134
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#203
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#148
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#294
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#130	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#302
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#229	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#182	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#74	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#57
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#74	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#57
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Tue, Mar 31st				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#280
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184
Wed, Jun 17th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL