Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Michael Petersen (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 238	# 285
VBR	# 496	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.11	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 181	# 227

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 267	# 328

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


Games Played	45	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	46.0	12.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	18	3

Hits Allowed	30	15

Earned Runs	16	11

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	54	11

Walks	19	5

ERA	3.13	8.25

WHIP	1.07	1.67

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


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.4	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.11	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Michael Petersen is day-to-day with a forearm injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Michael Petersen had X-rays return negative on his forearm injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Michael Petersen left Sunday's game early against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Michael Petersen is dealing with right hamstring tightness and will undergo further testing to determine the severity. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Michael Petersen earned his first save of the season, striking out two batters and allowing two hits in a scoreless inning during Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 9th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#211
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Michael Petersen (2026)

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