Who Should I Trade?

Austin Peterson for Cole Sands (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 263	‐
VBR	# 558	# 694

Projections

Strikeouts	18	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.17	4.41
WHIP	1.30	1.36

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	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
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 Peterson SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	9

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.3	10.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	17	11

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	9

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.17	4.41

WHIP	1.30	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
News
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	Peterson (triceps) sustained a right triceps strain in late February. The injury will prevent him from being available for the start of the season. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
	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
	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
	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
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 Peterson SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#231	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Peterson for Cole Sands (2026)

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