Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Ranger Suarez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS	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	# 56	# 260
VBR	# 143	# 549

Projections

Strikeouts	64	20
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.64	4.12
WHIP	1.28	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 56	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 54	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 71	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 43	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 32	# 200

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	12

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	91.1	11.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	80	12

Earned Runs	32	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	97	11

Walks	26	4

ERA	3.15	4.63

WHIP	1.16	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	24

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	69.0	21.0

Wins	5	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	66	19

Earned Runs	28	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	64	20

Walks	20	7

ERA	3.64	4.12

WHIP	1.28	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Ranger Suarez could be activated from the injured list as early as Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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 Red Sox have placed left-hander Ranger Suarez on the 15-day injured list with a left groin strain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Ranger Suarez will throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Ranger Suarez did some light throwing in the outfield on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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
	The Red Sox remain hopeful Ranger Suarez can avoid an IL stint. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Cole Sands threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, May 9th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#218	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL			@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Ranger Suarez (2026)

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