Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Hunter Brown (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	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	# 24	# 263
VBR	# 133	# 588

Projections

Strikeouts	75	20
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.62	4.17
WHIP	1.26	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 50	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 27	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 13	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 31	# 203

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 42	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	12

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	40.0	11.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	30	12

Earned Runs	18	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	43	11

Walks	28	4

ERA	4.05	4.63

WHIP	1.45	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	23

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	69.0	20.4

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	59	19

Earned Runs	28	9

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	75	20

Walks	25	7

ERA	3.62	4.17

WHIP	1.26	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Hunter Brown allowed four earned runs on three hits and six walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Hunter Brown will start on Sunday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Hunter Brown allowed three earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out four over six innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Hunter Brown allowed six earned runs on six hits and four walks while striking out three over four innings in Saturday's win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Hunter Brown allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in a win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#346	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#103	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Hunter Brown (2026)

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