Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 281	# 309
VBR	‐	# 609

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	12
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.93
WHIP	‐	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 224	# 233

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	# 404

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	38

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.0	33.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	8

Hits Allowed	15	29

Earned Runs	11	18

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	11	33

Walks	5	19

ERA	8.25	4.91

WHIP	1.67	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	11.9

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	11

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	12

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	3.93

WHIP	‐	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Guardians say Shawn Armstrong has a moderate to high-grade calf strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Shawn Armstrong is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	Shawn Armstrong will make his first rehab appearance for Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	Shawn Armstrong threw a bullpen session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
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			Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	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	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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