Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Zac Gallen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	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	# 159	# 291
VBR	# 595	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.53	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 170	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 86	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 217	# 239

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 231	# 328

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	13

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	98.0	12.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	123	15

Earned Runs	72	11

Home Runs Allowed	18	3

Strikeouts	61	11

Walks	31	5

ERA	6.61	8.25

WHIP	1.57	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	12.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.53	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
News
	Zac Gallen threw 45 pitches in a bridge camp game in Arizona on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Cole Sands will not pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Zac Gallen will face hitters in a simulated game on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th	The Twins transferred RHP Cole Sands from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Zac Gallen threw a 33-pitch bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Cole Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Zac Gallen has progressed to throwing out to 120 feet. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Twins placed Cole Sands on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	The Diamondbacks transferred Zac Gallen to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Cole Sands (forearm) has been activated from the IL. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI			Cole Sands SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#193	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sands for Zac Gallen (2026)

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