Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Elmer Rodriguez (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 286	‐
VBR	‐	# 640

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	8
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.13
WHIP	‐	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 227	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	# 477

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	4

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	12.0	17.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	15	19

Earned Runs	11	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	11	10

Walks	5	11

ERA	8.25	4.76

WHIP	1.67	1.76

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


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	9.5

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	9

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	8

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	4.13

WHIP	‐	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Elmer Rodriguez will "potentially" start Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Yankees optioned RHP Elmer Rodríguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Elmer Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	The Yankees recalled RHP Elmer Rodríguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	Elmer Rodriguez will make a spot start for the Yankees on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
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			Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#190	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			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
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			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
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Tue, Mar 31st				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Elmer Rodriguez (2026)

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