Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Kolby Allard (2026)

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Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 286	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	6
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.62
WHIP	‐	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 227	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Kolby Allard SP,RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.0	8.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	15	16

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	11	9

Walks	5	3

ERA	8.25	10.38

WHIP	1.67	2.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Kolby Allard SP,RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	20

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	7.8

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	8

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	4.62

WHIP	‐	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Kolby Allard SP,RP - PHI
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Kolby Allard signed a minor-league contract with the Phillies on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 18th
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Guardians re-signed Kolby Allard on a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Guardians re-signed LHP Kolby Allard to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	Kolby Allard has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	Kolby Allard has been designated for assignment by the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
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			Kolby Allard SP,RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#280
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#348
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#190	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs TB
Tue, Mar 31st				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Wed, Jun 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Kolby Allard (2026)

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