Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Lucas Braun (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 281	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	2
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.07
WHIP	‐	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 224	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Lucas Braun SP - KC
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	Lucas Braun SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	2.7

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	5.07

WHIP	‐	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Lucas Braun SP - KC
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Braves have traded pitching prospect Lucas Braun to the Royals as part of a four-player deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	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			Lucas Braun SP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Lucas Braun (2026)

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