Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Cole Sands (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 263	‐
VBR	# 559	# 821

Projections

Strikeouts	18	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.11	4.74
WHIP	1.30	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 203	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.2	5.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	12	5

Earned Runs	6	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	11	6

Walks	4	2

ERA	4.63	5.40

WHIP	1.37	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Alek Jacob RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	10.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	10

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	10

Walks	6	5

ERA	4.11	4.74

WHIP	1.30	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Alek Jacob RP - SD
News
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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 Padres optioned Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	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 Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	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 Padres optioned RHP Alek Jacob to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	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	The Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
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			Alek Jacob RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#246
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH			@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Alek Jacob for Cole Sands (2026)

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