Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 250	# 281
VBR	# 444	# 935

Projections

Strikeouts	21	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.13	4.63
WHIP	1.40	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 185	# 224

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 289	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.0	12.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	3

Hits Allowed	26	15

Earned Runs	18	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	40	11

Walks	15	5

ERA	4.91	8.25

WHIP	1.24	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.8	3.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	17	4

Earned Runs	9	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	3

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.13	4.63

WHIP	1.40	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	The Athletics recalled Elvis Alvarado from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Athletics optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
		The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
		Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 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
	Elvis Alvarado RP - ATH			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#180
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#407
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#205
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Elvis Alvarado (2026)

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