Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Robby Ahlstrom (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 285	‐
VBR	‐	# 718

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	12
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.41
WHIP	‐	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 227	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	# 385

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.0	21.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	5

Hits Allowed	15	20

Earned Runs	11	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	11	18

Walks	5	8

ERA	8.25	4.57

WHIP	1.67	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	18

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	13.5

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	3

Hits Allowed	‐	13

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	12

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	4.41

WHIP	‐	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Rangers selected the contract of LHP Robby Ahlstrom from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Rangers reassigned LHP Robby Ahlstrom to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
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			Robby Ahlstrom RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#357
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#211	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#159
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#324
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Tue, Mar 31st				@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th				@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Robby Ahlstrom (2026)

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