Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Sonny Gray (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 42	# 281
VBR	# 158	# 598

Projections

Strikeouts	59	9
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.95	4.27
WHIP	1.27	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 31	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 49	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 46	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 60	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 43	# 224

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 21	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	13

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	106.2	12.0

Wins	12	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	96	15

Earned Runs	33	11

Home Runs Allowed	12	3

Strikeouts	93	11

Walks	28	5

ERA	2.78	8.25

WHIP	1.16	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	59.7	10.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	10

Earned Runs	26	5

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	59	9

Walks	16	3

ERA	3.95	4.27

WHIP	1.27	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Sonny Gray allowed five earned runs on 10 hits while striking out three over five innings in Saturday's 6-0 loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Sonny Gray allowed one earned run on five hits and four walks while striking out five over six innings in a win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	Sonny Gray will start on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
	Sonny Gray allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Mets. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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 Braves have expressed interest in Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, May 9th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Sonny Gray (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation