Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Tyler Phillips (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Tyler Phillips SP,RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 281	# 268
VBR	# 501	# 756

Projections

Strikeouts	18	34
Wins	1	2
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.14	4.70
WHIP	1.31	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	# 153

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 224	# 390

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Tyler Phillips SP,RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	27

Games Started	0	11

Innings Pitched	12.0	84.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	5

Saves	1	2

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	15	77

Earned Runs	11	33

Home Runs Allowed	3	10

Strikeouts	11	63

Walks	5	38

ERA	8.25	3.52

WHIP	1.67	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Tyler Phillips SP,RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	13

Games Started	0	7

Innings Pitched	19.0	46.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	18	48

Earned Runs	9	24

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	18	34

Walks	6	18

ERA	4.14	4.70

WHIP	1.31	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Tyler Phillips SP,RP - MIA
News
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	Tyler Phillips allowed two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five across five innings in Monday's 8-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 28th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	Tyler Phillips allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out two across 4.1 innings in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Tyler Phillips will start on Tuesday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) threw a bullpen session on Saturday and was reportedly encouraged by the results. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Tyler Phillips allowed no runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three across five innings in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Tyler Phillips gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out two across 3.1 innings in Friday's 12-5 victory over the Athletics. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Tyler Phillips SP,RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#201	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Wed, Jun 17th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Tyler Phillips (2026)

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