Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Shane Drohan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 177	# 281
VBR	# 286	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	43	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.23	‐
WHIP	1.34	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 114	# 224

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	13

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	88.0	12.0

Wins	6	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	79	15

Earned Runs	34	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	89	11

Walks	24	5

ERA	3.48	8.25

WHIP	1.17	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	44.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	41	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.23	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Shane Drohan allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Shane Drohan will now start on Friday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Shane Drohan allowed five earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Friday's loss to the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Shane Drohan allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out nine over six innings in Saturday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Shane Drohan will start on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Shane Drohan (2026)

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