Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Yariel Rodriguez (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 282	‐
VBR	‐	# 873

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	8
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.18
WHIP	‐	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 224	# 422

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.0	9.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	15	12

Earned Runs	11	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	11	6

Walks	5	7

ERA	8.25	7.71

WHIP	1.67	2.04

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	9

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	8.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	8

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	4.18

WHIP	‐	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN	Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR
News
	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Yariel Rodriguez cleared waivers on Friday and was assigned to Triple-A Buffalo. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th
	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Blue Jays designated Yariel Rodriguez for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Yariel Rodriguez will fill a 1-2 inning role out of Blue Jays bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	The Blue Jays selected the contract of Yariel Rodriguez. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Twins right-hander Cole Sands (forearm) is nearing a return from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	The Blue Jays are calling right-hander Yariel Rodríguez back up to the majors. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
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			Yariel Rodriguez RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jun 17th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Aug 14th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Yariel Rodriguez (2026)

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