Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for Cole Sands (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 281	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	7
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.74
WHIP	‐	1.65

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	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.0	8.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	15	10

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	11	6

Walks	5	7

ERA	8.25	5.19

WHIP	1.67	1.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	17

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	6.7

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	7

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	4.74

WHIP	‐	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Christian Roa RP - HOU
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Cubs designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Orioles designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Orioles claimed RHP Christian Roa off of waivers from the Twins and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	The Twins designated RHP Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	The Twins claimed RHP Christian Roa off waivers from the Astros and optioned him to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
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			Christian Roa RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for Cole Sands (2026)

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