Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Michael Fulmer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 263	‐
VBR	# 526	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.02	‐
WHIP	1.28	‐

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	Michael Fulmer RP - SF
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	Michael Fulmer RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.02	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Michael Fulmer RP - SF
News
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	The Giants reassigned RHP Michael Fulmer to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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 Giants have signed right-hander Michael Fulmer to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 4th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	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
	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
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			Michael Fulmer RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#241	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 14th				vs COL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Michael Fulmer (2026)

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