Cole Sands or Zack Wheeler

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Cole Sands or Zack Wheeler Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	13

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	105.0	12.0

Wins	10	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	73	15

Earned Runs	29	11

Home Runs Allowed	13	3

Strikeouts	126	11

Walks	23	5

ERA	2.49	8.25

WHIP	0.91	1.67

Cole Sands or Zack Wheeler Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	64

Games Started	24	1

Innings Pitched	143.9	66.5

Wins	10	4

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	12

Hits Allowed	116	61

Earned Runs	50	30

Home Runs Allowed	16	8

Strikeouts	163	65

Walks	37	20

ERA	3.12	4.02

WHIP	1.06	1.21

Cole Sands or Zack Wheeler Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Zack Wheeler gave up no runs on one hit with three strikeouts over two innings in Sunday's 8-0 win against the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Zack Wheeler gave up five runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six over just three innings in Monday's 8-7 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
	Zack Wheeler followed up his dominant 2024 with an even sharper skill set in 2025, posting a career-best 11.73 K/9 and 33.3% strikeout rate alongside a stellar 27.7% K-BB%. His 2.71 ERA was supported by a 2.48 xERA, though a spike to 1.14 HR/9 and a lofty 82.4% strand rate suggest some regression baked into that surface line. The question for Wheeler is how he will recover from the thoracic outlet surgery he underwent last season. Recovery is listed as 6 to 8 months, so the chances of him being ready for Opening Day are slim to none, but the latest report is that it "shouldn't be too long" after that. All of this makes him a high-risk, high-reward pitcher capable of being the SP1 he's been, but fantasy managers should count on some regression based on the injury and the fact that he will be 36 this season. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Cole Sands or Zack Wheeler Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#65	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#280	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#348	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#190
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL