Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Fernando Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	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	# 237	# 281
VBR	# 406	# 598

Projections

Strikeouts	26	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.82	4.27
WHIP	1.33	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 109	# 224

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 306	# 328

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


Games Played	51	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	46.2	12.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	5	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	17	3

Hits Allowed	33	15

Earned Runs	13	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	58	11

Walks	29	5

ERA	2.51	8.25

WHIP	1.33	1.67

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


Games Played	23	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	10.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	16	10

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	26	9

Walks	10	3

ERA	3.82	4.27

WHIP	1.33	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Fernando Cruz and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration and the righthander is scheduled to make $1.45 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	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
		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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR
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 Fernando Cruz (2026)

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