2024 Stats
W-L
9-1
ERA
3.28
WHIP
1.00
K
85
SV
4
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Sands shuffled between Triple-A and the majors multiple times last season, working in a long-relief role with the Twins. He posted a respectable 3.74 ERA, but it was accompanied by an 8.7 K/9 and 5.5 BB/9. If he begins the season in the majors, he may end up splitting time between Triple-A and the big-league club again. Read Past Outlooks
Notches fourth save
Sands earned a save against the Rangers on Saturday, striking out one batter in a perfect inning of work.
ANALYSIS
Minnesota carried a three-run lead into the ninth inning, and manager Rocco Baldelli elected to call upon Sands with primary closer Jhoan Duran having pitched on three consecutive days. The decision proved to be the right one, as Sands cruised to a save by retiring the side in order on just nine pitches. The right-hander has registered a career-high four saves on the campaign, though his opportunities in that regard are highly unpredictable with Duran having a firm grasp on the closer role and Griffin Jax typically second in line with eight saves on the season.
Minnesota carried a three-run lead into the ninth inning, and manager Rocco Baldelli elected to call upon Sands with primary closer Jhoan Duran having pitched on three consecutive days. The decision proved to be the right one, as Sands cruised to a save by retiring the side in order on just nine pitches. The right-hander has registered a career-high four saves on the campaign, though his opportunities in that regard are highly unpredictable with Duran having a firm grasp on the closer role and Griffin Jax typically second in line with eight saves on the season.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
19
Last 10 Games
20
Last 5 Games
16
How many pitches does Cole Sands generally throw?
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91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Cole Sands generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-9%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-27%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .251 | 60 | 23 | 52 | 7 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .228 | 74 | 15 | 62 | 7 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .264 | 33 | 7 | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .193 | 52 | 5 | 31 | 3 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .261 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 3 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .205 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .218 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .319 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 3 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-6%
ERA on Road
2024
-34%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 4.12 | 1.26 | 67.2 | 10.1 | 3.5 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 3.86 | 1.20 | 56.0 | 9.3 | 1.9 | ||||
| 2024Home | 2.68 | 0.99 | 40.1 | 11.6 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2024Away | 4.06 | 1.00 | 31.0 | 9.6 | 0.6 | ||||
| 2023Home | 5.59 | 1.86 | 9.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 | ||||
| 2023Away | 2.25 | 1.25 | 12.0 | 9.8 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2022Home | 6.62 | 1.53 | 17.2 | 8.2 | 4.1 | ||||
| 2022Away | 4.85 | 1.62 | 13.0 | 8.3 | 3.5 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Cole Sands compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
7.08K/9
10.7BB/9
1.5HR/9
0.8Fastball
95.5 mphERA
3.28WHIP
1.00BABIP
.313GB/FB
0.84Left On Base
65.5%Exit Velocity
82.0 mphBarrels/BBE
3.5%Spin Rate
2233 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
23.1%Swinging Strike
12.9%Prospect Rankings History
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
After a strong season at Double-A in 2021 (2.46 ERA and 10.7 K/9), Sands looked like a top rotation prospect. Despite a 5.55 ERA at Triple-A, Sands was called up to the majors several times last season thanks to a strong strikeout rate (10.5 K/9). What Sands lacks in velocity (91.7 average mph fastball) he makes up for with a sharp curve ball as his spin rate ranked in the 88th percentile per Statcast. Sands fared better as a reliever (3.44 ERA compared to a 9.49 ERA in three starts), so he may be a better candidate to compete for a middle relief role this spring.
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Snags third save
Sands picked up the save in Monday's 7-2 victory over the Phillies, pitching two clean innings with two strikeouts.
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Earns second win in relief
Sands (2-0) earned the win in Saturday's 5-3 win over Texas. He allowed no hits or walks while striking out two over two perfect innings.
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Nabs second save
Sands struck out one in a perfect ninth inning Saturday to record his second save of the season in a 3-1 win over the Red Sox.
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Picks up first save
Sands earned the save in game two of Saturday's doubleheader against the Tigers, pitching 2.1 perfect innings while striking out three.
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Gives up homer in season debut
Sands gave up a run over two innings with two strikeouts, no walks and a home run allowed in Sunday's blowout loss at Kansas City.
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Will be developed as starter
Sands will be developed as a starter during spring training, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Twins executive vice president Derek Falvey was asked if any starters will make the conversion to relief, and while he did mention Sands is the closest to an arm that would make that move, Sands will build up as a starter in the Grapefruit League. The 25-year-old appeared in 11 games for the Twins in 2022 -- three as a starter -- and struggled to a 5.87 ERA with a 1.57 WHIP in 30.2 innings. Sands may be worked as a starter, but he faces an uphill battle to make the Minnesota pitching staff out of spring training.
Twins executive vice president Derek Falvey was asked if any starters will make the conversion to relief, and while he did mention Sands is the closest to an arm that would make that move, Sands will build up as a starter in the Grapefruit League. The 25-year-old appeared in 11 games for the Twins in 2022 -- three as a starter -- and struggled to a 5.87 ERA with a 1.57 WHIP in 30.2 innings. Sands may be worked as a starter, but he faces an uphill battle to make the Minnesota pitching staff out of spring training.