Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Robert Suarez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Robert Suarez RP - ATL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 111	# 281
VBR	# 463	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	2	‐
ERA	3.65	‐
WHIP	1.21	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 127	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 118	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 89	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 133	# 224

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 204	# 328

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


Games Played	31	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	32.0	12.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	3

Hits Allowed	21	15

Earned Runs	2	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	26	11

Walks	6	5

ERA	0.56	8.25

WHIP	0.84	1.67

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


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	13.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	3.65	‐

WHIP	1.21	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Robert Suarez RP - ATL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Robert Suarez is still limited to playing catch. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Braves reliever Robert Suarez (forearm) has yet to resume throwing, but there is still hope he could return in July. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Braves manager Walt Weiss said the team is taking it slow with Robert Suarez. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	The Braves placed RHP Robert Suarez on the 15-day injured list with a right forearm strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	The Braves say Robert Suarez might be available out of the bullpen on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	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
	Robert Suarez RP - ATL			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 28th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Robert Suarez (2026)

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