Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Troy Melton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 119	# 263
VBR	# 356	# 559

Projections

Strikeouts	36	18
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.06	4.11
WHIP	1.28	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 128	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 141	# 203

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	55.0	11.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	33	12

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	50	11

Walks	15	4

ERA	1.80	4.63

WHIP	0.87	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	22

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	39.9	19.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	37	18

Earned Runs	18	9

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	36	18

Walks	13	6

ERA	4.06	4.11

WHIP	1.28	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Troy Melton allowed one earned run on four hits and four walks while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Friday's win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton allowed just one unearned run on four hits and one walk across 5 1/3 innings, earning the win over the Athletics on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Troy Melton allowed two hits and one walk while striking out seven over 6 1/3 scoreless innings in Wednesday's win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Troy Melton allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out six over six innings in Thursday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th	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
	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton pitched six innings of one-run ball while earning the win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st	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
	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Troy Melton (2026)

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