Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Griffin Jax (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 102	# 263
VBR	# 247	# 559

Projections

Strikeouts	46	18
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.83	4.14
WHIP	1.25	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 59	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 144	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 70	# 203

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 160	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	12

Games Started	16	0

Innings Pitched	81.0	11.2

Wins	6	1

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	71	12

Earned Runs	34	6

Home Runs Allowed	13	2

Strikeouts	82	11

Walks	27	4

ERA	3.78	4.63

WHIP	1.21	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	22

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	41.5	19.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	37	18

Earned Runs	18	9

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	46	18

Walks	14	6

ERA	3.83	4.14

WHIP	1.25	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Griffin Jax allowed seven runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in the first game of Friday's doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox, taking the loss in a 10-0 defeat. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 17th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
	Griffin Jax will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Griffin Jax allowed one run on four hits and three walks while striking out three across five innings in Saturday's 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Griffin Jax allowed three runs on one hit and two walks while striking out 10 across five innings in Monday's 5-1 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Griffin Jax allowed three runs on five hits and no walks while striking out five across six innings in Tuesday's 10-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 1st	Cole Sands began a rehab assignment on Tuesday with Triple-A St. Paul, tossing a scoreless inning with one strikeout. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#301	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, May 9th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#422
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Griffin Jax (2026)

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