Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Michael King (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael King SP - SD	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 44	# 260
VBR	# 235	# 588

Projections

Strikeouts	66	20
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.01	4.17
WHIP	1.33	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 60	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 46	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 31	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 72	# 200

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 48	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael King SP - SD	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	12

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	113.1	11.2

Wins	6	1

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	86	12

Earned Runs	42	6

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	96	11

Walks	45	4

ERA	3.34	4.63

WHIP	1.16	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael King SP - SD	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	23

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	69.5	20.4

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	63	19

Earned Runs	31	9

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	66	20

Walks	26	7

ERA	4.01	4.17

WHIP	1.33	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael King SP - SD	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over five innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Padres right-hander Michael King will start Friday's series opener against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Michael King allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a win on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Michael King allowed two runs on three hits over six innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Michael King allowed four runs on three hits over 4 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael King SP - SD			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#262	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Michael King (2026)

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