Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Wandy Peralta (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 291	# 313
VBR	‐	# 774

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	7
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.03
WHIP	‐	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	# 246

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 239	# 364

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Wandy Peralta SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	56

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	12.0	65.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	3	4

Hits Allowed	15	67

Earned Runs	11	25

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	11	41

Walks	5	22

ERA	8.25	3.46

WHIP	1.67	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Wandy Peralta SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	9.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	9

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	7

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	4.03

WHIP	‐	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Wandy Peralta SP,RP - SD
News
	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Wandy Peralta will open for the Padres on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Wandy Peralta is being actively discussed in trades. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Padres activated Wandy Peralta from the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Padres placed LHP Wandy Peralta on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	Wandy Peralta will serve as the opener for the Padres on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN			Wandy Peralta SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#213	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#153	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-1)	#217	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Mar 31st				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Wed, Jun 17th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

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Cole Sands for Wandy Peralta (2026)

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