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Cole Sands for Luis Castillo (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Luis Castillo SP - SEA  | Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 76 | # 239 |
| VBR | # 188 | # 416 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 88 | 34 |
| Wins | 6 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 7 |
| ERA | 3.93 | 4.04 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.30 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | IL15 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 133 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 81 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 55 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 68 | # 205 |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 82 | # 305 |
| Luis Castillo SP - SEA | Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 12 | 12 |
| Games Started | 10 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 55.1 | 11.2 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Losses | 5 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 1 | 3 |
| Hits Allowed | 57 | 12 |
| Earned Runs | 34 | 6 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 7 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 56 | 11 |
| Walks | 22 | 4 |
| ERA | 5.53 | 4.63 |
| WHIP | 1.43 | 1.37 |
| Luis Castillo SP - SEA | Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 26 | 37 |
| Games Started | 14 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 92.2 | 35.2 |
| Wins | 6 | 2 |
| Losses | 5 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 7 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 6 |
| Hits Allowed | 85 | 33 |
| Earned Runs | 40 | 16 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 13 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 88 | 34 |
| Walks | 28 | 11 |
| ERA | 3.93 | 4.04 |
| WHIP | 1.27 | 1.30 |
| Luis Castillo SP - SEA | Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | |
| News | ||
| Luis Castillo allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits over five innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st | Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th | |
| Luis Castillo will piggyback behind Bryce Miller on Sunday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th | Cole Sands has been placed on the 10-day IL due to a right forearm strain. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd | |
| The Mariners say Luis Castillo and Bryce Miller will piggyback at least one more start. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th | Cole Sands worked around a free pass and did his job with minimal drama. Sands allowed no runs on zero hits and one walk while striking out two over one inning in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Orioles, earning his first save of the season. Matthew Adam Sun, Mar 29th | |
| Luis Castillo allowed two hits over four scoreless innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Monday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th | The Twins are keeping Cole Sands in discussion to close games heading into the season. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th | |
| Mariners’ manager Dan Wilson announced that Luis Castillo will start for the Mariners on Monday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th | Cole Sands and the Minnesota Twins avoided arbitration and Sands agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.1 million. David Leisering Mon, Jan 12th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Luis Castillo SP - SEA | Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #44 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #91 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #105 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-6) | #45 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #102 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #63 | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #79 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #100 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #42 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #40 | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #161 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-4) | #420 | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #94 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ LAA | George Klassen (0-1) | #341 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #80 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (4-4) | #7 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #66 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #51 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #28 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-3) | #151 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #220 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #223 | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #258 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs HOU | Cody Bolton (0-1) | #398 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #146 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #130 | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #12 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #196 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #92 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (4-4) | #7 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #367 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #97 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #51 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #149 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #213 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #32 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #212 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #169 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #87 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #162 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #113 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #23 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-5) | #84 | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-4) | #58 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #123 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #47 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (4-3) | #14 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #59 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #42 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #220 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #99 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #79 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #111 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #86 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #208 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #50 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #178 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #44 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #78 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #26 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-3) | #151 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #115 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #223 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #70 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #130 | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #116 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #196 | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #201 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #56 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #184 | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #185 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #227 | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-3) | #151 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #178 | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #331 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #130 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #100 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #68 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #165 | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (1-2) | #181 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #99 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #212 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #178 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #145 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #108 | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-1) | #209 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #78 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #69 | @ PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #67 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #95 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #88 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #96 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #38 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs NYM | Austin Warren | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-1) | #209 | |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #195 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #78 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #27 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #375 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #99 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #28 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-3) | #82 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #200 | vs KC | Luinder Avila | |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ DET | Ty Madden | #260 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #100 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #91 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #189 | @ DET | Troy Melton (1-0) | #127 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ BAL | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ WSH | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ WSH | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ WSH | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ TEX | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs BAL | @ TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs BAL | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs BOS | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs BOS | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs BOS | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs LAD | |||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ PIT | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ PIT | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CLE | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CLE | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CLE | vs COL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs LAA | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs LAA | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ HOU | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs TOR | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs TOR | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs TOR | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ MIA | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ MIA | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ MIA | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ TB | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ TB | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ TB | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SF | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SF | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SF | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs CIN | @ CLE | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs CIN | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs CIN | @ CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ TEX | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ TEX | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ TEX | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ LAD | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ LAD | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ LAD | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs DET | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs DET | @ KC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs DET | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs TB | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs TB | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs TB | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BAL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ NYY | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ NYY | vs BAL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ NYY | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ HOU | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ HOU | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ MIL | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ MIL | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs CHC | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs CHC | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs CHC | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs PHI | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs PHI | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs PHI | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ TOR | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ TOR | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ TOR | vs CWS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ BOS | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ BOS | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ BOS | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs ATH | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs ATH | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs ATH | @ CWS | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ DET | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs TEX | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs TEX | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ ATH | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ ATH | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ ATH | vs CLE | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ LAA | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ LAA | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ LAA | vs NYY | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ LAA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ COL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ COL | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ COL | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs HOU | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs HOU | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs LAA | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs LAA | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs LAA | vs TEX | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #26 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #125 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #238 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #199 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #124 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs BAL | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ PIT | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs LAA | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ TEX | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ HOU | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ MIL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs ATH | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs TEX | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs LAA | |||||
