Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Cristian Mena (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 285	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 227	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	12.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	8.25	‐

WHIP	1.67	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Mar 31st				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Wed, Jun 17th				vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Cristian Mena (2026)

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