Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Grayson Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	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	# 234	# 291
VBR	# 412	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	24	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.33	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	# 239

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 254	# 328

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


Games Played	15	13

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	71.2	12.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	79	15

Earned Runs	49	11

Home Runs Allowed	11	3

Strikeouts	65	11

Walks	31	5

ERA	6.15	8.25

WHIP	1.53	1.67

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


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	24.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	24	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.33	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed five hits and two walks while striking out six over seven scoreless innings in Thursday's win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday’s loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed four runs (three earned) on four hits and four walks while striking out eight over four innings in Sunday's 12-3 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings in Tuesday's loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over five innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Grayson Rodriguez (2026)

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