Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Will Warren (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Warren SP - NYY	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	# 80	# 297
VBR	# 321	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.24	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 131	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 63	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 82	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 120	# 251

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 82	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Warren SP - NYY	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	13

Games Started	26	0

Innings Pitched	136.1	12.0

Wins	9	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	140	15

Earned Runs	62	11

Home Runs Allowed	20	3

Strikeouts	133	11

Walks	47	5

ERA	4.09	8.25

WHIP	1.37	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Warren SP - NYY	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	19.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.24	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Warren SP - NYY	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that “Will Warren could piggyback after Max Fried’s next start.” Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Will Warren allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Sunday's 16-1 win over the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Will Warren allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Will Warren allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five over four innings in Wednesday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Will Warren allowed five earned runs on six hits and four walks while striking out three over four innings in Wednesday’s 10-5 win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Will Warren SP - NYY			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#224
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#291
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#203
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#362
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#362
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#339	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#342	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#190	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#176
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#165	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#248
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#242
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#86
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Will Warren (2026)

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