Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Joel Hurtado (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 281	‐
VBR	# 598	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	2
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.74
WHIP	1.31	1.58

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 224	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	12.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	8.25	‐

WHIP	1.67	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	10.2	2.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	4

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	2

Walks	3	1

ERA	4.27	4.74

WHIP	1.31	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
News
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Aug 14th				vs KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Joel Hurtado (2026)

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