Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Cole Wilcox (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 260	‐
VBR	# 549	# 757

Projections

Strikeouts	20	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.12	4.40
WHIP	1.28	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 200	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Cole Wilcox RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.2	18.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	12	18

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	11	18

Walks	4	13

ERA	4.63	4.00

WHIP	1.37	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Cole Wilcox RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.0	17.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	3

Hits Allowed	19	17

Earned Runs	10	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	20	15

Walks	7	7

ERA	4.12	4.40

WHIP	1.28	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Cole Wilcox RP - SEA
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 Mariners recalled Cole Wilcox from Triple-A Tacoma. 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 Mariners optioned Cole Wilcox to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 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 Mariners recalled Cole Wilcox from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th
	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	Cole Wilcox has been sent to Triple-A Tacoma by the Seattle Mariners. David Leisering Sun, Mar 22nd
	Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 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			Cole Wilcox RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			@ LAD
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Wed, Jun 17th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#236
Fri, Aug 14th				@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Cole Wilcox (2026)

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