Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for John Means (2026)

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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	John Means SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 260	‐
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	# 200	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	John Means SP - KC
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	John Means SP - KC
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	John Means SP - KC
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	John Means has signed a two-year minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals. The lefthander is expected to miss all of 2026 recovering from a ruptured Achilles injury. David Leisering Fri, Feb 13th
	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			John Means SP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for John Means (2026)

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