Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Jared Lyons (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Jared Lyons SP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 264	‐
VBR	# 588	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.17	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 203	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Jared Lyons SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	11.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.63	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Jared Lyons SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.17	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Jared Lyons SP - CIN
News
	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
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	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
	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
	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
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Jared Lyons SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#319
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#323	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#231
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#217	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#233	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#305
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#289
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#433	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Tue, Mar 31st				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jun 17th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Jared Lyons (2026)

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