Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Ryan Walker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 220	# 263
VBR	# 559	# 526

Projections

Strikeouts	16	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.75	4.02
WHIP	1.34	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL15

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 206	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 163	# 203

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 458	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.1	11.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	3	3

Hits Allowed	33	12

Earned Runs	22	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	19	11

Walks	15	4

ERA	7.52	4.63

WHIP	1.82	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.2	19.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	16	18

Earned Runs	7	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	19

Walks	6	6

ERA	3.75	4.02

WHIP	1.34	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Walker RP - SF	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Giants recalled RHP Ryan Walker from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 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
	The Giants optioned RHP Ryan Walker to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Ryan Walker worked a scoreless frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Dodgers, allowing no hits and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 23rd	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
	Ryan Walker struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 22nd	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Walker RP - SF			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#241
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Ryan Walker (2026)

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