Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Kris Bubic (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	# 291
VBR	# 495	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.55	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 145	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 127	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 176	# 239

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 121	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	13

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	50.1	12.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	36	15

Earned Runs	23	11

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	51	11

Walks	26	5

ERA	4.11	8.25

WHIP	1.23	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	8.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	8	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	3.55	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Kris Bubic is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment in early September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Kris Bubic is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Kris Bubic is expected to be back sometime around the end of August. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Kris Bubic is being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Kris Bubic is increasing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Kris Bubic (2026)

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