Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Nick Lodolo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	# 263
VBR	# 307	# 553

Projections

Strikeouts	51	18
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.28	4.14
WHIP	1.36	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 103	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 83	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 130	# 203

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 112	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	62.2	11.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	64	12

Earned Runs	32	6

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	50	11

Walks	27	4

ERA	4.60	4.63

WHIP	1.45	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	20

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	52.4	18.8

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	51	18

Earned Runs	25	9

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	51	18

Walks	16	6

ERA	4.28	4.14

WHIP	1.36	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Nick Lodolo is scheduled to throw another bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Nick Lodolo is expected to attempt to throw a bullpen on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Reds placed Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Nick Lodolo exited Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs in the sixth inning due to a blister on his left index finger. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched six innings, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks while earning the win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Nick Lodolo (2026)

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