Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Konnor Pilkington (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 263	‐
VBR	# 587	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.17	3.91
WHIP	1.31	1.18

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 203	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Konnor Pilkington RP - WSH
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	Konnor Pilkington RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.4	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	19	7

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	7

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.17	3.91

WHIP	1.31	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Konnor Pilkington RP - WSH
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	The Nationals signed LHP Konnor Pilkington to a minor-league deal. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Tigers released Konnor Pilkington. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	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	The Tigers have reassigned left-hander Konnor Pilkington to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 18th
	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	Konnor Pilkington has signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers. The deal is worth up to $1.2 million if he makes it to the majors and also includes an invitation to spring training. David Leisering Mon, Feb 9th
	Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th	Nationals left-hander Konnor Pilkington has elected free agency in lieu of an outright assignment to Triple-A Rochester. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 5th
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			Konnor Pilkington RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Fri, Aug 14th				@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Konnor Pilkington (2026)

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