Cole Sands
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 215LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 5, #154, Minnesota Twins | Florida State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 3 5.87 11 3 1 30.2 28 1.57
2023 0 0 3.74 15 0 0 21.2 21 1.52
2024 2 0 5.01 20 0 2 23.1 29 1.03
3 Seasons 2 3 5.00 46 3 3 75.2 78 1.39
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 11 0-3 5.87 30.2 28 1.57
2023 15 0-0 3.74 21.2 21 1.52
2024 20 2-0 5.01 23.1 29 1.03
3 Seasons 46 2-3 5.00 75.2 78 1.39
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2022 24 603 99 7 7.1 4.8 89.3 111.8 14.1 26.3 .225 .408 .356 .325 .349 39.4 19.3 9.0 5.87 4.43
2023 25 413 64 8 12.5 8.1 91.5 114.1 14.6 35.9 .263 .491 .340 .369 .419 54.7 21.2 14.1 3.74 6.00
2024 26 380 61 5 8.2 5.1 89.5 109.2 20.8 39.3 .258 .428 .296 .325 .430 36.1 29.6 4.1 5.01 4.18
Player 1396 224 20 8.9 5.8 90.0 114.1 16.0 32.6 .246 .438 .334 .338 .391 42.9 22.8 9.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sands relies on 5 pitches.
Cutter
(27.1%) ,
Four Seamer
(22.9%) ,
Curveball
(21.6%) ,
Split Finger
(18.9%) ,
Sinker
(9.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 44.4 29.3 18.2 8.1 44.4 33.3 22.2 1.0 36.4 27.3 16.2 11.1 7.1 4.8
2023 39.1 34.4 20.3 6.3 39.1 43.8 17.2 3.1 25.0 28.1 20.3 10.9 12.5 8.1
2024 29.5 34.4 23.0 13.1 29.5 42.6 27.9 3.3 18.0 32.8 31.1 4.9 8.2 5.1
Player 38.8 32.1 20.1 8.9 38.8 38.8 22.3 2.2 28.1 29.0 21.4 9.4 8.9 5.8
MLB 44.6 23.6 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 87 95.2 16.3 -1.6 -11 11.6 3.2 38
2024 Cutter MIN R 103 90.5 24.9 0.4 2 0.1 -1.8 -94
2024 Curveball MIN R 82 82.6 45.1 -3.7 -8 13.2 2.5 24
2024 Sinker MIN R 36 94.4 23.6 0.3 1 17.2 1.7 11
2024 Split-Finger MIN R 72 87.7 36.0 1.2 3 13.9 2.5 22
2023 Split-Finger MIN R 99 86.2 37.9 3.7 11 11.2 0.6 6
2023 Cutter MIN R 30 88.5 27.8 -0.8 -3 1.7 -0.4 -18
2023 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 157 93.8 17.2 -1.6 -11 11.4 3.0 36
2023 Sinker MIN R 49 92.9 26.3 2.2 9 17.0 2.0 14
2023 Curveball MIN R 78 80.4 48.4 -2.2 -4 16.4 7.5 84
2022 Curveball MIN R 138 78.6 48.8 -2.0 -4 18.1 6.4 55
2022 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 294 91.6 20.0 -3.2 -19 8.7 0.5 6
2022 Changeup MIN R 14 85.5 31.1 -1.1 -3 16.6 2.0 14
2022 Cutter MIN R 45 84.3 35.0 -4.5 -15 2.9 0.9 45
2022 Split-Finger MIN R 103 84.8 39.1 2.6 7 12.4 0.4 3
2022 Sinker MIN R 9 90.4 28.8 0.6 2 14.4 -1.2 -8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 Cutter 1.3 1 103 27.1 25 .238 .381 .336 22.6 24.0 37.5 .227 .336 .316 20.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 3.7 3 87 22.9 26 .125 .250 .173 27.7 38.5 24.4 .157 .300 .208 46.7
2024 Curveball -3.7 -3 82 21.6 20 .333 .556 .410 30.3 25.0 17.2 .316 .541 .398 23.1
2024 Split-Finger -1.6 -1 72 18.9 19 .222 .278 .245 26.5 42.1 18.6 .342 .473 .369 50.0
2024 Sinker 1.2 0 36 9.5 8 .250 .625 .414 0.0 0.0 -- .335 .741 .450 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 3 157 38.0 43 .176 .294 .306 18.5 25.6 19.3 .200 .391 .340 52.2
2023 Split-Finger 0.5 0 99 24.0 24 .227 .455 .321 26.1 20.8 11.1 .273 .545 .370 35.3
2023 Curveball -0.2 0 78 18.9 12 .250 .417 .283 17.4 41.7 13.9 .170 .220 .167 28.6
2023 Sinker 4.7 2 49 11.9 15 .214 .214 .287 0.0 0.0 0.0 .412 .650 .470 85.7
2023 Cutter -7.9 -2 30 7.3 5 1.000 3.000 1.260 23.1 0.0 0.0 .581 1.575 .809 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 294 48.8 63 .240 .320 .353 20.7 22.2 15.6 .217 .410 .356 52.8
2022 Curveball -2.6 -4 138 22.9 42 .289 .500 .379 28.8 23.8 14.7 .176 .291 .251 28.6
2022 Split-Finger -2.8 -3 103 17.1 25 .250 .292 .330 23.4 16.0 14.8 .205 .248 .222 20.0
2022 Cutter -1.6 -1 45 7.5 9 .444 .889 .561 20.0 0.0 0.0 .417 .865 .537 33.3
2022 Changeup -7.7 -1 14 2.3 4 .500 1.500 .813 14.3 0.0 0.0 .560 1.567 .888 75.0
2022 Sinker 6.8 1 9 1.5 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .065 .080 .065 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Curveball 82 82.6 59 15.6 7:45 8:00 -15
2024 Cutter 103 90.5 45 7.6 12:45 12:00 45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 86 95.2 92 18.1 1:30 1:30 0
2024 Split-Finger 64 87.7 87 14.8 2:15 3:15 -60
2024 Sinker 36 94.4 88 19.1 1:45 2:15 -30
2023 Curveball 78 80.4 72 19.2 7:45 8:15 -30
2023 Cutter 30 88.5 35 6.5 12:45 11:30 75
2023 4-Seam Fastball 157 93.8 86 17.9 1:30 1:30 0
2023 Split-Finger 82 86.2 77 11.8 2:15 3:15 -60
2023 Sinker 48 92.9 82 18.4 1:30 2:30 -60
2022 Changeup 14 85.5 97 18.2 2:15 2:30 -15
2022 Curveball 137 78.6 76 20.3 8:00 8:15 -15
2022 Cutter 45 84.3 21 4.2 11:15 10:00 75
2022 4-Seam Fastball 294 91.6 80 14.8 1:30 1:15 15
2022 Split-Finger 83 84.9 84 13.6 2:30 3:15 -45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 145 603 1 -1 -3 -5 -7
2023 99 413 2 7 -4 -2 3
2024 98 380 1 2 -1 -1 1
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 603 47.6 68.3 86.2 26.6 56.0 39.3 57.2 46.4 22.5 8.1 83.7
2023 413 50.6 64.1 89.6 23.0 55.3 38.3 59.6 43.8 18.8 6.1 80.0
2024 380 49.5 62.8 83.9 33.9 61.5 38.9 63.3 48.2 24.0 11.1 88.1
Player 1,396 49.0 65.5 86.6 27.5 57.7 38.9 59.6 46.1 21.9 8.3 84.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 60.9 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2022 17 48 88 1
2023 42 73 94 4
2024 38 33 32 36 50 59 39 32 67 85 92 41 90 65 54 82 3
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 25.6 4 4.4 0 1 2 3 75.0
2023 24.2 4 5.0 -1 4 3 2 50.0
2024 23.4 3 3.4 0 1 4 0 0.0
Player 24.5 11 12.9 -2 6 9 5 45.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 4 4 5 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 5
2023 4 5 2 6 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 7 5 5 5 4 6 6 5 7 5 4 7 6 5 5 5 7 5 4 3
2024 3 2 1 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4
Player 11 11 8 13 13 14 14 12 12 11 11 16 13 13 14 11 14 13 12 15 13 11 16 14 12 13 13 16 13 13 12
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.7 92.9 2.2 92.9 0.0
Offspeed Velocity 84.9 86.2 1.3 87.7 1.5
Breaking Velocity 78.6 80.4 1.8 82.6 2.2
Exit Velocity 89.3 91.5 2.2 89.5 -2.0
Launch Angle 14.1 14.6 0.5 20.8 6.2
Barrel % 7.1 12.5 5.4 8.2 -4.3
Hard Hit % 39.4 54.7 15.3 36.1 -18.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.3 35.9 9.6 39.3 3.4
xBA .225 .263 0.038 .258 -0.005
BA .276 .235 -0.041 .225 -0.010
xwOBA .325 .369 0.044 .325 -0.044
wOBA .356 .340 -0.016 .296 -0.044
xSLG .408 .491 0.083 .428 -0.063
SLG .441 .435 -0.006 .382 -0.053
K% 19.3 21.2 1.9 29.6 8.4
BB% 9.0 14.1 5.1 4.1 -10.0
Swing % 46.4 43.8 -2.6 48.2 4.4
Whiff% 22.5 18.8 -3.7 24.0 5.2
In Zone % 47.6 50.6 3.0 49.5 -1.1
Out of Zone % 52.4 49.4 -3.0 50.5 1.1
Out of Zone Swing % 26.6 23.0 -3.6 33.9 10.9
First Pitch Swing % 28.3 30.3 2.0 34.7 4.4
First Pitch Strike % 57.2 59.6 2.4 63.3 3.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 145 .356 80 13 16.3 65 52 80.0
2023 Shades 99 .340 45 17 37.8 54 26 48.1
2024 Shades 98 .296 59 6 10.2 39 24 61.5
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 160 14.1 62.5% 0.0% 122 19.3 4.9% 1.6%
2023 114 15.6 32.5% 0.0% 79 18.2 7.6% 0.0%
2024 116 15.9 31.9% 0.0% 49 17.9 12.2% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution