Who Should I Trade?

Ben Lively for Cole Sands (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 281	‐
VBR	# 935	# 1023

Projections

Strikeouts	3	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.63	5.03
WHIP	1.39	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 224	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	12.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	8.25	‐

WHIP	1.67	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Ben Lively SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	5

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	3.9	6.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	6

Earned Runs	2	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	3	5

Walks	1	2

ERA	4.63	5.03

WHIP	1.39	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Ben Lively SP - CLE
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Ben Lively made a rehab appearance on July 25. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Ben Lively threw a live batting practice session on July 15. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Guardians re-signed RHP Ben Lively to a two-year minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Ben Lively SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#407	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#140
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#205	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
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)	#187
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#180
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
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?

Ben Lively for Cole Sands (2026)

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