Cole Sands or Ronel Blanco
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| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN  | Ronel Blanco SP - HOU  | |
| 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 | Ronel Blanco SP - HOU | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 64 | 11 |
| Games Started | 1 | 3 |
| Innings Pitched | 66.5 | 29.2 |
| Wins | 4 | 2 |
| Losses | 3 | 1 |
| Saves | 4 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 12 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 61 | 24 |
| Earned Runs | 30 | 13 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 65 | 26 |
| Walks | 20 | 10 |
| ERA | 4.02 | 4.03 |
| WHIP | 1.21 | 1.18 |
| Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | Ronel Blanco SP - HOU | |
| News | ||
| Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th | Ronel Blanco has progressed to live batting practice sessions. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th | |
| Cole Sands has been placed on the 10-day IL due to a right forearm strain. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd | Ronel Blanco is continuing his bullpen progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th | |
| 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 Astros transferred RHP Ronel Blanco to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th | |
| The Twins are keeping Cole Sands in discussion to close games heading into the season. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th | The Astros have placed right-hander Ronel Blanco (elbow) on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th | |
| 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 | Ronel Blanco SP - HOU | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #95 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #44 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #42 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #47 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #417 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #78 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #33 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #91 | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #10 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #166 | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #101 | @ ATH | Luis Morales (0-2) | #309 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #76 | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #200 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #53 | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (1-1) | #421 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #398 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #26 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #423 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #67 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #232 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #90 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #254 | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #45 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #148 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #10 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #30 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #423 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #374 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #100 | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #140 | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #117 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #50 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #169 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #102 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #61 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #70 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #51 | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #256 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #45 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #197 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #232 | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (1-1) | #284 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #46 | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #33 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #88 | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #39 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #202 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #50 | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #62 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #100 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #59 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #6 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (1-0) | #57 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #149 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #45 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #189 | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #79 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #63 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #188 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #154 | @ MIN | Kendry Rojas (1-0) | #223 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #327 | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #81 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #120 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #84 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #108 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #180 | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #143 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #30 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #22 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #183 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #138 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #79 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #209 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #73 | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #65 | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #189 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #97 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #135 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #17 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #209 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #73 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #366 | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #110 | vs PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #65 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #130 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs KC | Luinder Avila | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #200 | |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #91 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #151 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ DET | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ DET | @ LAA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs STL | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs STL | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs STL | @ KC | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ TEX | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ TEX | vs DET | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ TEX | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ARI | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ARI | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ ARI | vs CLE | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs LAD | @ TOR | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs LAD | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs LAD | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs COL | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs COL | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs COL | @ DET | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ HOU | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ HOU | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ HOU | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ NYY | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ NYY | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ NYY | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs CLE | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs CLE | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs CLE | |||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs LAA | @ TEX | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs LAA | @ TEX | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs LAA | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ CHC | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ CHC | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ CHC | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ CLE | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ CLE | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ CLE | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs ATH | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs ATH | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs ATH | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs KC | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs KC | @ LAA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs KC | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ SEA | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ SEA | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ SEA | vs TEX | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ KC | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ KC | vs TOR | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ MIL | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ MIL | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ MIL | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs BAL | @ SF | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PHI | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs PHI | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs PHI | vs SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATL | vs LAA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATL | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SD | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SD | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SD | vs ATH | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ATH | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ATH | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ATH | @ NYY | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs DET | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs DET | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs DET | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ CWS | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ CWS | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ CWS | vs ARI | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ DET | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ DET | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ DET | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs CLE | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs CLE | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs CLE | @ TB | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs NYY | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs NYY | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs NYY | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ LAA | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ LAA | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ LAA | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ LAA | vs ATL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ SF | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ SF | @ SEA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs TEX | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs TEX | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs TEX | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #150 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #145 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs COL | Juan Mejia | ||||
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #112 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-1) | #80 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs DET | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ DET | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ WSH | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ LAA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs TOR | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SEA | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs LAA | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ NYY | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs CWS | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ PHI | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ ATH | |||||
