Who Should I Trade?

Brad Keller for Cole Sands (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brad Keller RP - PHI	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 222	# 263
VBR	‐	# 559

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	18
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	1
ERA	‐	4.11
WHIP	‐	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 209	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 278	# 328

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 257	# 203

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brad Keller RP - PHI	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.1	11.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	13	3

Hits Allowed	29	12

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	32	11

Walks	13	4

ERA	4.02	4.63

WHIP	1.34	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brad Keller RP - PHI	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	22

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	19.1

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	1

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	3

Hits Allowed	‐	18

Earned Runs	‐	9

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	18

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	4.11

WHIP	‐	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brad Keller RP - PHI	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	The Philadelphia Phillies have placed Brad Keller on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow UCL tear. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 16th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
	Brad Keller will be activated from the injured list on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Brad Keller threw live batting practice on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	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 Phillies placed reliever Brad Keller on the 15-day IL with right forearm tendinitis. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	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
	Brad Keller allowed a hit and two walks while striking out one in a scoreless ninth inning to earn a save in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Athletics. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 7th	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
	Brad Keller RP - PHI			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#65	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#272	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
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
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Keller for Cole Sands (2026)

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