Who Should I Trade?

Austin Gomber for Cole Sands (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 260	‐
VBR	# 588	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.17	5.90
WHIP	1.31	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 200	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Austin Gomber SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	11.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.63	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Austin Gomber SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	19

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	20.4	22.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	3

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	19	28

Earned Runs	9	15

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	20	15

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.17	5.90

WHIP	1.31	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Austin Gomber SP - ATL
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	Austin Gomber has signed a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves. He was released by the Texas Rangers on their minor league pact earlier in the day. David Leisering Sat, May 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	The Rangers reassigned LHP Austin Gomber to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Left-hander Austin Gomber will not make the Rangers Opening Day roster, according to general manager Chris Young. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	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	Austin Gomber has signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers. Gomber's contract includes an invitation to Spring Training next month. David Leisering Sun, Jan 25th
	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
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Austin Gomber SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th				vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Gomber for Cole Sands (2026)

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