Who Should I Trade?

Adam Macko for Cole Sands (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 263	# 359
VBR	# 587	# 716

Projections

Strikeouts	20	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.17	4.40
WHIP	1.31	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 203	# 402

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	19

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	11.2	19.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	3

Hits Allowed	12	21

Earned Runs	6	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	11	21

Walks	4	9

ERA	4.63	5.03

WHIP	1.37	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.4	18.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	4

Hits Allowed	19	17

Earned Runs	9	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	20	17

Walks	7	8

ERA	4.17	4.40

WHIP	1.31	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR
News
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands began a rehab assignment with Triple-A St. Paul on Tuesday, pitching a scoreless inning. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	The Blue Jays optioned Adam Macko to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Blue Jays recalled Adam Macko from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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	The Blue Jays optioned Adam Macko to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	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	Adam Macko will start on Friday for the Blue Jays against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	The Blue Jays recalled Adam Macko from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE			vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th				vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Adam Macko for Cole Sands (2026)

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