Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Kirby Yates (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	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	# 189	# 285
VBR	# 409	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	2	‐
ERA	3.95	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 168	# 227

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 328

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


Games Played	31	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.1	12.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	5	1

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	20	15

Earned Runs	12	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	36	11

Walks	12	5

ERA	3.95	8.25

WHIP	1.17	1.67

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


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	18.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	3.95	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	The Angels have traded right-hander Kirby Yates to the Pirates in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Kyle Robinson. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Kirby Yates allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in a 4-3 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Saturday, securing a 5-2 Angels' win over the Rangers. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#133	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Kirby Yates (2026)

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