Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for George Kirby (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 35	# 281
VBR	# 124	# 501

Projections

Strikeouts	56	18
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.78	4.14
WHIP	1.19	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 34	# 224

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	# 328

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


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	120.0	12.0

Wins	8	1

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	130	15

Earned Runs	53	11

Home Runs Allowed	15	3

Strikeouts	107	11

Walks	25	5

ERA	3.98	8.25

WHIP	1.29	1.67

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


Games Played	10	22

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	58.0	19.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	55	18

Earned Runs	24	9

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	56	18

Walks	12	6

ERA	3.78	4.14

WHIP	1.19	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	George Kirby allowed seven runs on seven hits over four innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	George Kirby allowed three hits across six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	George Kirby allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with seven strikeouts in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	George Kirby will start on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Kirby SP - SEA			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
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 George Kirby (2026)

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