Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Nunez for Cole Sands (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL	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	# 266	# 260
VBR	# 479	# 588

Projections

Strikeouts	22	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	1
ERA	3.90	4.17
WHIP	1.34	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 237	# 200

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 295	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	39.1	11.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	6	3

Hits Allowed	35	12

Earned Runs	22	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	41	11

Walks	16	4

ERA	5.03	4.63

WHIP	1.30	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.2	20.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	18	19

Earned Runs	9	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	22	20

Walks	9	7

ERA	3.90	4.17

WHIP	1.34	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	The Orioles recalled Anthony Nunez from Triple-A Norfolk. 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 Orioles optioned Anthony Nunez to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Anthony Nunez picked up a save Friday against Detroit, his third of the season. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd	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
	Anthony Nunez struck out one batter while allowing one hit on 11 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 3-2 win over the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Tue, May 12th	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
	Anthony Nunez struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Wednesday's 8-6 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Thu, Apr 23rd	Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			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
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB
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
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
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
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
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
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
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Nunez for Cole Sands (2026)

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