Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Gregory Soto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	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	# 87	# 263
VBR	# 317	# 553

Projections

Strikeouts	26	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	7	1
ERA	3.70	4.14
WHIP	1.35	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 59	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 116	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 81	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 138	# 203

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 161	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.2	11.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	13	1

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	7	3

Hits Allowed	27	12

Earned Runs	18	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	47	11

Walks	18	4

ERA	3.80	4.63

WHIP	1.05	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.8	18.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	7	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	3

Hits Allowed	21	18

Earned Runs	10	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	26	18

Walks	10	6

ERA	3.70	4.14

WHIP	1.35	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Gregory Soto recorded the save in Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Gregory Soto earned the save in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
	Gregory Soto allowed three runs in a blown save and loss on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Gregory Soto tossed a scoreless ninth to earn his 10th save of the season and to preserve a 3-2 victory over the Marlins on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Jun 14th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Gregory Soto struck out both hitters he faced to earn his eighth save of the season on Tuesday, preserving a 10-6 win over the Astros. David Leisering Wed, Jun 3rd	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
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Gregory Soto (2026)

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