Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Cole Sands (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 263	‐
VBR	# 524	# 1070

Projections

Strikeouts	19	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.02	4.92
WHIP	1.28	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 203	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.2	5.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	12	4

Earned Runs	6	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	11	6

Walks	4	6

ERA	4.63	3.18

WHIP	1.37	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.9	7.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	18	7

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	6

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.02	4.92

WHIP	1.28	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
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	The Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	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 Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	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	Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	The Rangers placed RHP Carter Baumler on the 15-day injured list with a right intercostal strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
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			Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Tue, Mar 31st				@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#242	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Cole Sands (2026)

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