Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Ryne Stanek (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 281	# 349
VBR	# 560	# 549

Projections

Strikeouts	17	21
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	1
ERA	4.17	4.32
WHIP	1.30	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 224	# 313

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	# 401

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Ryne Stanek RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	45

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.0	40.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	3	17

Hits Allowed	15	35

Earned Runs	11	20

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	11	43

Walks	5	23

ERA	8.25	4.46

WHIP	1.67	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Ryne Stanek RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.0	19.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	5

Hits Allowed	17	17

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	17	21

Walks	6	10

ERA	4.17	4.32

WHIP	1.30	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Ryne Stanek RP - STL
News
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Ryne Stanek left Tuesday's game early against the Brewers with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	The Cardinals activated Ryne Stanek from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cardinals placed RHP Ryne Stanek on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Ryne Stanek allowed three earned runs on three hits while striking out one batter to take the loss against the Twins. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 13th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Ryne Stanek struck out one batter over 0.2 scoreless innings in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Reds. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Ryne Stanek RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#423	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#328	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#181	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#246	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#211	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Tue, Mar 31st				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#300
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Ryne Stanek (2026)

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