Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Beck for Cole Sands (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 263	‐
VBR	# 558	# 667

Projections

Strikeouts	18	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.17	4.48
WHIP	1.30	1.33

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	Brendan Beck SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	2

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	11.2	6.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	12	7

Earned Runs	6	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	11	4

Walks	4	5

ERA	4.63	9.45

WHIP	1.37	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Brendan Beck SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	11

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	18.3	11.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	17	12

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	10

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.17	4.48

WHIP	1.30	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Brendan Beck SP - NYY
News
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	Brendan Beck allowed five earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out three over 3 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	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 Yankees recalled RHP Brendan Beck from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Yankees’ manager Aaron Boone told reporters that Brendan Beck will be recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to start on Saturday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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	The Yankees recalled RHP Brendan Beck from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow 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	The Yankees reassigned RHP Brendan Beck to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 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			Brendan Beck SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#231	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Beck for Cole Sands (2026)

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