Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Joe Ryan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	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	# 14	# 260
VBR	# 99	# 588

Projections

Strikeouts	76	20
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.73	4.17
WHIP	1.14	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 24	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 15	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 17	# 200

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 15	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	12

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	110.1	11.2

Wins	6	1

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	92	12

Earned Runs	41	6

Home Runs Allowed	10	2

Strikeouts	128	11

Walks	25	4

ERA	3.34	4.63

WHIP	1.06	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	23

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	67.7	20.4

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	58	19

Earned Runs	28	9

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	76	20

Walks	16	7

ERA	3.73	4.17

WHIP	1.14	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Joe Ryan is not starting in the Twins first series back this weekend against the Cubs. 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
	Joe Ryan allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 12th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Ryan allowed no earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over seven innings in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Yankees. Matthew Adam 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
	Joe Ryan allowed six earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to Houston. Matthew Adam 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
	Joe Ryan allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Dodgers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 25th	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
	Joe Ryan SP - MIN			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Joe Ryan (2026)

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