Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Nick Anderson (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 263	‐
VBR	# 559	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.11	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

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	Nick Anderson RP - ATH
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	Nick Anderson RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.11	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Nick Anderson RP - ATH
News
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	Nick Anderson has announced his retirement from professional baseball. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	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
	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
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			Nick Anderson RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH			@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Nick Anderson (2026)

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