Cole Sands or Roki Sasaki

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Cole Sands or Roki Sasaki Player Statistics
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	62.1	11.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	59	12

Earned Runs	33	6

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	64	11

Walks	24	4

ERA	4.76	4.63

WHIP	1.33	1.37

Cole Sands or Roki Sasaki Player Projections
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	32	64

Games Started	18	1

Innings Pitched	110.9	66.5

Wins	7	4

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	12

Hits Allowed	102	61

Earned Runs	52	30

Home Runs Allowed	14	8

Strikeouts	106	65

Walks	44	20

ERA	4.26	4.02

WHIP	1.31	1.21

Cole Sands or Roki Sasaki Player Notes
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Roki Sasaki allowed seven earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out four over 4.1 innings in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 13th	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
	Roki Sasaki allowed zero earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out 10 over seven innings on 98 pitches in Friday's win over the Angels. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 6th	Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Roki Sasaki allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5.1 innings on 84 pitches in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chase Davis Sun, May 31st	Cole Sands has been placed on the 10-day IL due to a right forearm strain. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	Roki Sasaki allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Saturday's win over the Brewers. Chase Davis 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
	Roki Sasaki allowed one earned run on four hits and no walks while striking out eight over seven innings in Sunday's 10-1 win over the Angels. Chase Davis Mon, May 18th	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 Roki Sasaki Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-5)	#79	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (3-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2)	#116	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-7)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-6)	#74
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-3)	#53	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#82
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-5)	#237	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#220	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-3)	#184
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (7-2)	#81	vs TB	Nick Martinez (6-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#130	vs DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#56
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-4)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (3-2)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#9	vs DET	Framber Valdez (3-5)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (1-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#100	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-3)	#270
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-6)	#76	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#257
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#7	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#148	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#38	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (8-1)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#163	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4)	#433	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#368
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (2-2)	#424	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-4)	#99
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#360	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#155
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-7)	#71	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#132	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#163
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (3-4)	#14	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#83
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (6-2)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (5-4)	#159	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#21
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#25	@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-4)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#315	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#128	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (4-4)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (6-4)	#62	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-6)	#16
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-4)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#102	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-3)	#270
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-5)	#89	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (4-6)	#64	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (3-3)	#61
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#221	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-4)	#84
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#241	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-5)	#237
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#220
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-5)	#5	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#32	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (2-7)	#41
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-3)	#104	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#28
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#194	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#115
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (4-6)	#94	vs MIA	Max Meyer (6-0)	#60
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-7)	#71	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#136
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#244
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (7-4)	#52	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-2)	#86	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (0-3)	#174
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (4-5)	#42	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#131
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (0-5)	#140	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#344
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-4)	#206	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#147
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#68	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (3-3)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (0-3)	#174	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (1-2)	#231
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#146	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (8-1)	#33
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-1)	#309	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#192
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#359	@ CWS	Sean Burke (3-3)	#133
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4)	#433	@ CWS	David Sandlin (1-1)	#254
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#69
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (5-1)	#8	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-0)	#72
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (5-4)	#11	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-4)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-7)	#183	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2)	#116	vs CWS	David Sandlin (1-1)	#254
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#58	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-5)	#79	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#380
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-5)	#96	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#106
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#35	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-5)	#85
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (1-3)	#218
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (7-4)	#52	vs KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#82
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#3	@ DET	Troy Melton (3-0)	#138
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-0)	#72	@ DET	Framber Valdez (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-4)	#93	@ DET	Keider Montero (3-4)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#192	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (3-3)	#133	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#102
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#380	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-5)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (6-2)	#95	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (6-2)	#18	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-6)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL			@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL			@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-5)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (5-1)	#173	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-5)	#96
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (2-4)	#87	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#257
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD			vs COL
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD			vs COL
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH			@ HOU
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH			@ HOU
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD			@ NYY
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD			@ NYY
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD			@ NYY
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sat, Jul 18th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI			@ CLE
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI			@ CLE
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-5)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (2-7)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (2-3)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#21
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD