Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Rico Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 163	# 285
VBR	# 498	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.24	‐
WHIP	1.33	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 224	# 328

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 234	# 227

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	47.1	12.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	12	3

Hits Allowed	27	15

Earned Runs	16	11

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	49	11

Walks	14	5

ERA	3.04	8.25

WHIP	0.87	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.24	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Rico Garcia struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 3rd	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Rico Garcia struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Mon, May 11th	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Rico Garcia pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing two walks, while striking out two to earn the save in the Orioles win over the White Sox Wednesday. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 8th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Rico Garcia (2026)

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