Cole Sands or Zach Eflin
Baseball Stats Comparison
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| Zach Eflin SP - BAL | Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 1 | 12 |
| Games Started | 1 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 3.2 | 11.2 |
| Wins | 0 | 1 |
| Losses | 0 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 3 |
| Hits Allowed | 4 | 12 |
| Earned Runs | 1 | 6 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 7 | 11 |
| Walks | 2 | 4 |
| ERA | 2.45 | 4.63 |
| WHIP | 1.64 | 1.37 |
| Zach Eflin SP - BAL | Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 29 | 64 |
| Games Started | 24 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 140.7 | 66.5 |
| Wins | 9 | 4 |
| Losses | 9 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 4 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 0 | 12 |
| Hits Allowed | 147 | 61 |
| Earned Runs | 68 | 30 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 22 | 8 |
| Strikeouts | 109 | 65 |
| Walks | 27 | 20 |
| ERA | 4.37 | 4.02 |
| WHIP | 1.24 | 1.21 |
| Zach Eflin SP - BAL | Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | |
| News | ||
| Zach Eflin successfully underwent Tommy John surgery Wednesday. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 8th | Cole Sands has been shut down from throwing after undergoing an MRI on Friday that revealed inflammation in the forearm. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 15th | |
| Baltimore is still awaiting a second opinion on the MRI of Eflin's right elbow. The Orioles transferred him to the 60-day IL Tuesday, making him ineligible to return until May 31. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 7th | 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 | |
| Zach Eflin is getting a second opinion on his elbow. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd | Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th | |
| The Orioles placed RHP Zach Eflin on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st | Cole Sands has been placed on the 10-day IL due to a right forearm strain. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd | |
| The Orioles are expected to place Zach Eflin on the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st | 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 | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Zach Eflin SP - BAL | Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (4-3) | #16 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (3-7) | #97 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-3) | #71 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-7) | #57 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #106 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (4-6) | #84 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (3-6) | #77 | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #93 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (6-7) | #21 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (3-4) | #76 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd |   |   |   | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #63 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-4) | #100 | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #145 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-4) | #174 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-3) | #36 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (6-2) | #88 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CWS | Grant Taylor (2-0) | #62 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #53 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CWS | Shane Smith (0-2) | #189 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-3) | #2 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (3-4) | #136 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (3-5) | #29 |
| Thu, Apr 9th |   |   |   | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (1-8) | #79 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-7) | #69 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-3) | #250 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs SF | Logan Webb (4-4) | #14 | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-6) | #190 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-4) | #129 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (3-5) | #92 | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #22 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-6) | #94 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (8-1) | #30 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2) | #112 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-5) | #91 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (2-7) | #37 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #364 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (9-3) | #28 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-4) | #98 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (5-3) | #104 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (3-6) | #143 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #93 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #35 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-5) | #82 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #158 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd |   |   |   | @ NYM | Christian Scott (2-0) | #83 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-6) | #156 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (6-3) | #18 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #22 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-4) | #24 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-5) | #91 | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-5) | #58 |
| Mon, Apr 27th |   |   |   | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-6) | #43 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-6) | #195 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (5-4) | #15 |
| Wed, Apr 29th |   |   |   | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-6) | #17 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #224 | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-4) | #19 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #64 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-3) | #250 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-5) | #78 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (4-3) | #10 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #34 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (3-3) | #65 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (6-4) | #59 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (4-4) | #87 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #108 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (2-5) | #231 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (7-0) | #55 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #213 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #227 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-3) | #47 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #197 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (2-7) | #37 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #184 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (9-3) | #28 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #64 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #108 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #34 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (7-0) | #55 |
| Thu, May 14th |   |   |   | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #130 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ WSH | Zack Littell (6-5) | #170 | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-1) | #295 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (4-4) | #87 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #68 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-3) | #216 | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-3) | #171 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-4) | #24 | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (3-3) | #131 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-5) | #58 | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #350 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-4) | #174 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-8) | #163 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (1-8) | #79 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (3-4) | #54 |
| Sat, May 23rd |   |   |   | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (1-2) | #233 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs DET | Troy Melton (3-0) | #137 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (8-1) | #30 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (6-4) | #24 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (6-1) | #173 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs TB | Griffin Jax (1-5) | #58 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (3-4) | #136 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-4) | #174 | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-1) | #255 |
| Thu, May 28th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-3) | #250 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (9-3) | #67 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs TOR | Adam Macko (2-0) | #221 | @ PIT | Jared Jones (1-1) | #70 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (3-3) | #65 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-4) | #100 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs TOR | Spencer Miles (3-1) | #142 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-3) | #36 |
| Mon, Jun 1st |   |   |   | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-1) | #255 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-5) | #91 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (9-3) | #67 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (3-4) | #54 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (2-5) | #377 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ BOS | Brayan Bello (2-6) | #156 | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #103 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (3-3) | #65 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-5) | #82 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-2) | #162 | vs KC | Luinder Avila (1-3) | #229 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-4) | #19 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (3-4) | #76 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (5-4) | #15 | @ DET | Troy Melton (3-0) | #137 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-6) | #17 | @ DET | Framber Valdez (3-5) | #29 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-5) | #7 | @ DET | Keider Montero (3-5) | #179 |
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs SD | Griffin Canning (0-5) | #150 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #135 |
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (6-4) | #205 | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #113 |
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs SD | Walker Buehler (4-3) | #204 | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-5) | #86 |
| Mon, Jun 15th |   |   |   | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-6) | #49 |
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (5-4) | #15 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-6) | #95 |
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-5) | #7 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-6) | #77 |
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-4) | #105 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (8-3) | #50 |
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-4) | #12 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-5) | #75 |
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-4) | #44 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (3-5) | #92 |
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ LAA | Sam Aldegheri (2-1) | #428 | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (8-4) | #51 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (8-2) | #128 |
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-2) | #96 | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (6-2) | #1 |
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs WSH | Andrew Alvarez (1-0) | #168 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (7-4) | #432 |
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs WSH | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs WSH | vs COL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs CWS | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs CWS | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs CWS | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ CIN | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ CIN | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ CIN | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs CHC | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs CHC | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs CHC | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs KC | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs KC | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs KC | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ HOU | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ HOU | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ HOU | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ BOS | @ CLE | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ BOS | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ BOS | @ CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd |   |   |   | @ CLE | ||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs ATL | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs ATL | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs ATL | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ DET | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ DET | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th |   |   |   | vs KC | ||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs PHI | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs PHI | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs PHI | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs LAA | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs LAA | @ KC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs LAA | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ MIN | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ MIN | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ MIN | vs BAL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th |   |   |   | vs PHI | ||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ TB | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ TB | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ TB | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs NYY | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs NYY | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs TB | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs TB | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs TB | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th |   |   |   | @ ATH | ||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ STL | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ STL | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ ATH | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ ATH | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ ATH | vs CWS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ COL | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ COL | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ COL | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs BOS | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs BOS | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs BOS | @ CWS | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ TOR | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ TOR | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ TOR | vs CLE | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ NYM | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ NYM | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ NYM | vs NYY | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th |   |   |   | @ LAA | ||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs MIL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs MIL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs MIL | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | vs TOR | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs TOR | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs TOR | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ NYY | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ NYY | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ NYY | vs TEX | ||||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (5-4) | #8 |   |   |   |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-3) | #47 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #103 |   |   |   |
| Mon, May 4th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-3) | #38 |   |   |   |
| Mon, May 11th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-5) | #78 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (5-3) | #73 |   |   |   |
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-6) | #17 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ DET |   |   |   | ||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ TB |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs NYY |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ STL |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs BOS |   |   |   | ||

