Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Cole Sands (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 306	# 281
VBR	# 620	# 560

Projections

Strikeouts	17	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.39	4.17
WHIP	1.39	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 395	# 224

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 228	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	67.1	12.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	53	15

Earned Runs	28	11

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	69	11

Walks	32	5

ERA	3.74	8.25

WHIP	1.26	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.4	18.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	16	17

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	17	17

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.39	4.17

WHIP	1.39	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
		Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
		Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
		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
		Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#385	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#333	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#181
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#246
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#211
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Cole Sands (2026)

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