Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Julian Aguiar (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 281	‐
VBR	# 598	# 1062

Projections

Strikeouts	9	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.94
WHIP	1.31	1.45

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	Julian Aguiar SP - CIN
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	Julian Aguiar SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	7

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	10.2	7.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	8

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	6

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.27	4.94

WHIP	1.31	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Julian Aguiar SP - CIN
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Aguiar has recovered from Tommy John surgery and is now healthy. Cincinnati optioned him to minor-league camp on Friday. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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
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			Julian Aguiar SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
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)	#106
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Jun 17th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Julian Aguiar (2026)

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