P | Minnesota Twins
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 215 lbs | Age: 28
Draft: 2018 | Rd. 5, No. 154, Minnesota Twins | Florida State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 9 1 3.28 62 0 4 71.1 85 1.00
2025 4 6 4.50 69 3 3 72 64 1.17
2026 1 1 3.27 11 0 1 11 10 1.18
5 Seasons 14 11 4.14 168 6 9 206.2 208 1.20
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 62 9-1 3.28 71.1 85 1.00
2025 69 4-6 4.50 72 64 1.17
2026 11 1-1 3.27 11 10 1.18
5 Seasons 168 14-11 4.14 206.2 208 1.20
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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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 .228 .435 .356 .333 .361 39.4 19.3 9.0 5.87 4.58
2023 25 413 64 8 12.5 8.1 91.5 114.1 14.6 35.9 .258 .493 .340 .370 .420 54.7 21.2 14.1 3.74 6.04
2024 26 1154 189 12 6.3 4.1 89.0 113.0 17.6 32.8 .223 .388 .259 .290 .383 37.0 29.1 4.1 3.28 3.39
2025 27 1143 212 21 9.9 7.0 89.4 113.2 12.4 32.1 .235 .403 .296 .306 .360 41.5 21.4 6.4 4.50 3.88
2026 28 168 31 1 3.2 2.2 93.4 107.0 12.7 25.8 .237 .391 .276 .303 .350 48.4 22.2 8.9 3.27 3.62
Player 3481 595 49 8.2 5.6 89.7 114.1 14.6 31.4 .232 .412 .298 .312 .374 41.5 23.6 7.0
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .243 .408 .316 .316 .369 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sands relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(39.9%) ,
Cutter
(23.8%) ,
Split Finger
(14.9%) ,
Curveball
(13.7%) ,
Sinker
(7.7%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2022 44.4 55.6 29.3 18.2 8.1 44.4 33.3 22.2 25.3 16.2 3.0 19.2 17.2 19.2
2023 39.1 60.9 34.4 20.3 6.3 39.1 43.8 17.2 15.6 21.9 1.6 23.4 21.9 15.6
2024 37.0 63.0 35.4 18.5 9.0 33.9 39.2 27.0 14.8 16.4 5.8 19.0 22.8 21.2
2025 43.9 56.1 25.9 22.6 7.5 44.3 36.8 18.9 23.1 18.4 2.4 21.2 18.4 16.5
2026 51.6 48.4 29.0 19.4 0.0 41.9 41.9 16.1 22.6 22.6 6.5 19.4 19.4 9.7
Player 41.7 58.3 30.6 20.2 7.6 40.3 38.0 21.7 20.0 18.0 3.7 20.3 20.0 18.0
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.1 24.6 7.1 37.4 37.3 25.1 20.7 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 1.0 36.4 27.3 16.2 11.1 7.1 4.8
2023 3.1 25.0 28.1 20.3 10.9 12.5 8.1
2024 2.6 24.3 31.2 27.5 6.9 6.3 4.1
2025 6.1 30.7 23.1 22.6 7.5 9.9 7.0
2026 3.2 38.7 19.4 25.8 9.7 3.2 2.2
Player 3.7 29.4 26.7 23.0 8.4 8.2 5.6
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2026 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 67 93.2 16.9 -1.3 11.4ARM 3.0 14.8 -1.3 11.4ARM 3.7
2026 Curveball MIN R 23 80.5 47.7 -5.2 16.3GLV 5.8 -5.0 -5.3 16.3GLV 7.1
2026 Split-Finger MIN R 25 87.7 34.4 0.8 16.1ARM 4.6 1.4 1.3 16.1ARM 4.6
2026 Cutter MIN R 40 87.3 28.4 -0.6 2.2GLV 0.2 7.5 -0.7 2.2GLV -0.1
2026 Sinker MIN R 13 91.8 23.8 -0.6 15.8ARM 0.0 8.8 -1.0 15.8ARM 0.2
2025 Curveball MIN R 213 81.7 47.1 -3.4 16.8GLV 6.0 -5.7 -4.5 16.8GLV 7.8
2025 Split-Finger MIN R 247 88.2 34.8 0.9 14.4ARM 2.1 0.5 2.5 14.4ARM 3.2
2025 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 304 95.0 16.7 -1.2 11.3ARM 2.4 13.6 -2.2 11.3ARM 3.7
2025 Sinker MIN R 103 94.0 24.2 0.0 16.4ARM 0.5 6.9 0.5 16.4ARM 1.3
2025 Cutter MIN R 272 89.5 26.1 -0.4 2.0GLV 0.5 8.0 -0.4 2.0GLV -0.2
2025 Slider MIN R 4 86.2 36.7 1.1 3.5GLV -0.4 0.2 1.6 3.5GLV -0.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2026 4-Seam Fastball 2.4 2 67 39.9 15 .167 .167 .213 12.9 6.7 6.3 .221 .439 .318 66.7
2026 Cutter 2.9 1 40 23.8 11 .200 .500 .327 33.3 45.5 55.6 .194 .462 .313 60.0
2026 Split-Finger 0.5 0 25 14.9 4 .000 .000 .000 14.3 0.0 0.0 .205 .238 .195 0.0
2026 Curveball -2.2 -1 23 13.7 9 .333 .333 .300 45.5 44.4 30.8 .236 .266 .221 40.0
2026 Sinker 0.0 0 13 7.7 6 .400 .400 .417 12.5 0.0 -- .385 .446 .419 40.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -4 304 26.6 87 .286 .545 .382 22.1 31.0 25.7 .228 .459 .327 49.1
2025 Cutter -0.6 -2 272 23.8 66 .339 .500 .401 22.9 13.6 17.0 .264 .464 .363 44.0
2025 Split-Finger 3.0 7 247 21.6 78 .145 .184 .163 20.7 16.7 11.7 .225 .331 .244 40.6
2025 Curveball -0.4 -1 213 18.6 38 .200 .314 .259 29.8 34.2 17.3 .166 .247 .219 22.7
2025 Sinker 1.7 2 103 9.0 26 .261 .435 .344 15.6 3.8 50.0 .335 .575 .421 40.9
2025 Slider 12.5 0 4 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 50.0 50.0 .074 .074 .067 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 Curveball 23 80.5 62 18.8 7:45 8:15 -30
2026 Cutter 40 87.3 33 6.8 12:30 11:15 75
2026 4-Seam Fastball 67 93.2 87 18.4 1:30 1:15 15
2026 Split-Finger 22 87.6 87 17.5 2:00 3:00 -60
2026 Sinker 13 91.8 82 18.6 1:30 2:15 -45
2025 Curveball 213 81.7 68 19.5 7:45 8:15 -30
2025 Cutter 270 89.5 37 7.6 12:30 11:30 60
2025 4-Seam Fastball 304 95.0 86 17.5 1:30 1:30 0
2025 Split-Finger 227 88.2 86 15.2 2:15 3:00 -45
2025 Sinker 102 94.0 81 18.2 1:30 2:15 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 145 603 1 -1 -4 -5 -9
2023 99 413 -1 6 -4 -2 -1
2024 292 1,154 14 3 -4 -5 8
2025 297 1,143 7 5 -5 -4 3
2026 45 168 4 0 -1 0 2
Player 878 3,481 24 14 -18 24 3
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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 86.7 26.6 56.0 39.5 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 19.3 6.1 80.0
2024 1,154 51.0 68.6 80.2 31.7 58.1 42.1 65.1 50.5 26.6 9.3 85.0
2025 1,143 53.3 66.7 84.7 27.7 58.8 43.4 60.9 48.5 22.2 6.9 72.2
2026 168 47.0 65.8 80.8 29.2 69.2 41.7 53.3 46.4 23.1 6.5 72.7
Player 3,481 50.9 67.2 83.9 28.3 58.3 41.6 61.2 48.1 23.5 7.8 80.1
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.6 28.5 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.4 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Year Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2022 17 48 88 1
2023 43 73 94 4
2024 74 90 24 44 75 71 56 84 42 82 58 88 97 76 65 19 4
2025 48 22 43 95 53 58 63 91 45 40 24 41 76 21 43 58 6
2026 71 82 35 51 65 26 44 2 47 35 50 53 89 14 78 7
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 25.59 4 4.0 0 1 2 2 50.0
2023 24.20 4 4.9 -1 4 3 2 50.0
2024 23.83 6 7.1 -1 6 6 2 33.3
2025 24.20 7 7.9 -1 5 7 4 57.1
2026 30.82 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 24.65 22 25.0 -3 16 18 11 50.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4
2023 4 5 2 6 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 7 5 4 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 3
2024 6 5 9 7 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 10 9 6 6 6 7 5 8 7 9 7 9 9 7 7 6 7 9 7 7
2025 7 10 7 10 11 7 6 7 7 5 6 10 9 13 8 5 10 6 6 11 6 9 11 11 5 5 7 9 8 6 7
2026 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 22 25 24 27 26 23 23 24 22 20 21 32 28 29 24 21 28 22 24 30 25 25 31 31 22 22 23 27 27 22 22
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023 +/-   2022
Results
BA .231 -.011 .242 +.021 .221 -.014 .235 -.041 .276
xBA .237 +.002 .235 +.012 .223 -.035 .258 +.030 .228
OBP .295 -.002 .297 +.032 .265 -.078 .343 -.023 .366
xOBP .301 +.005 .296 +.025 .271 -.092 .363 +.039 .324
SLG .308 -.082 .390 +.064 .326 -.109 .435 -.006 .441
xSLG .391 -.012 .403 +.015 .388 -.105 .493 +.058 .435
ISO .077 -.072 .149 +.044 .105 -.095 .200 +.035 .165
xISO .153 -.016 .169 +.004 .165 -.070 .235 +.027 .208
BABIP .276 -.011 .287 -.004 .291 +.024 .267 -.059 .326
wOBA .276 -.020 .296 +.037 .259 -.081 .340 -.016 .356
xwOBA .303 -.003 .306 +.016 .290 -.080 .370 +.037 .333
wOBAcon .310 -.036 .346 +.012 .334 -.040 .374 -.021 .395
xwOBAcon .350 -.010 .360 -.023 .383 -.037 .420 +.059 .361
BACON .300 -.011 .311 -.003 .314 +.001 .313 -.041 .354
xBACON .309 -.001 .310 -.015 .325 -.018 .343 +.050 .293
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 48.4 +6.9 41.5 +4.5 37.0 -17.7 54.7 +15.3 39.4
Avg Exit Velocity 93.4 +4.0 89.4 +0.4 89.0 -2.5 91.5 +2.2 89.3
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 25.8 -6.3 32.1 -0.7 32.8 -3.1 35.9 +9.6 26.3
Barrel % 3.2 -6.7 9.9 +3.6 6.3 -6.2 12.5 +5.4 7.1
Avg Launch Angle 12.7 +0.3 12.4 -5.2 17.6 +3.0 14.6 +0.5 14.1
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 72.3 +0.6 71.7 +0.5 71.2 +0.3 70.9 -- --
Attack Angle 10° -1° 11° +1° -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 56.7 -1.5 58.2 +5.7 52.5 +2.5 50.0 -- --
Attack Direction -1° +2° -2° -2° -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 30° -2° 33° +1° 32° 32° -- --
Swing Length 7.3 0.0 7.3 +0.1 7.2 +0.1 7.1 -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 91.1 -1.5 92.6 -0.8 93.4 +0.5 92.9 +2.2 90.7
Breaking Velocity 80.5 -1.3 81.8 -0.6 82.4 +2.0 80.4 +1.8 78.6
Offspeed Velocity 87.7 -0.5 88.2 +0.4 87.8 +1.6 86.2 +1.3 84.9
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 1 -20 21 +9 12 +4 8 +1 7
Popup % 0.0 -7.5 7.5 -1.5 9.0 +2.7 6.3 -1.8 8.1
Flyball % 29.0 +3.1 25.9 -9.5 35.4 +1.0 34.4 +5.1 29.3
Line Drive % 19.4 -3.2 22.6 +4.1 18.5 -1.8 20.3 +2.1 18.2
Groundball % 51.6 +7.7 43.9 +6.9 37.0 -2.1 39.1 -5.3 44.4
Pull % 41.9 -2.4 44.3 +10.4 33.9 -5.2 39.1 -5.3 44.4
Straight Away % 41.9 +5.1 36.8 -2.4 39.2 -4.6 43.8 +10.5 33.3
Opposite Field % 16.1 -2.8 18.9 -8.1 27.0 +9.8 17.2 -5.0 22.2
Weak Contact % 3.2 -2.9 6.1 +3.5 2.6 -0.5 3.1 +2.1 1.0
Pull Airball % 19.4 -1.8 21.2 +2.2 19.0 -4.4 23.4 +4.2 19.2
Topped Contact % 38.7 +8.0 30.7 +6.4 24.3 -0.7 25.0 -11.4 36.4
Under Contact % 19.4 -3.7 23.1 -8.1 31.2 +3.1 28.1 +0.8 27.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 25.8 +3.2 22.6 -4.9 27.5 +7.2 20.3 +4.1 16.2
Solid Contact % 9.7 +2.2 7.5 +0.6 6.9 -4.0 10.9 -0.2 11.1
HR/FB % 11.1 -1.6 12.7 +3.7 9.0 -9.2 18.2 +4.4 13.8
Popups 0 -16 16 -1 17 +13 4 -4 8
Flyballs 9 -46 55 -12 67 +45 22 -7 29
Line Drives 6 -42 48 +13 35 +22 13 -5 18
Groundballs 16 -77 93 +23 70 +45 25 -19 44
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 47.0 -6.3 53.3 +2.3 51.0 +0.4 50.6 +3.0 47.6
Out of Zone % 53.0 +6.3 46.7 -2.3 49.0 -0.4 49.4 -3.0 52.4
Edge % 41.7 -1.7 43.4 +1.3 42.1 +3.8 38.3 -1.2 39.5
Zone Swing % 65.8 -0.9 66.7 -1.9 68.6 +4.5 64.1 -4.2 68.3
Out of Zone Swing % 29.2 +1.5 27.7 -4.0 31.7 +8.7 23.0 -3.6 26.6
In Zone Contact % 80.8 -3.9 84.7 +4.5 80.2 -9.4 89.6 +2.9 86.7
Out of Zone Contact % 69.2 +10.4 58.8 +0.7 58.1 +2.8 55.3 -0.7 56.0
Whiff % 23.1 +0.9 22.2 -4.4 26.6 +7.3 19.3 -3.2 22.5
First Strike % 53.3 -7.6 60.9 -4.2 65.1 +5.5 59.6 +2.4 57.2
First Pitch Swing % 26.7 -0.2 26.9 -9.1 36.0 +5.7 30.3 +2.0 28.3
Swing % 46.4 -2.1 48.5 -2.0 50.5 +6.7 43.8 -2.6 46.4
Meatball Swing % 72.7 +0.5 72.2 -12.8 85.0 +5.0 80.0 -3.7 83.7
Meatball % 6.5 -0.4 6.9 -2.4 9.3 +3.2 6.1 -2.0 8.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 19.2 +3.9 15.3 -4.5 19.8 +9.4 10.4 -2.9 13.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 30.8 -10.4 41.2 -0.7 41.9 -2.8 44.7 +0.7 44.0
In Zone 79 -530 609 +20 589 +380 209 -78 287
Out of Zone 89 -445 534 -31 565 +361 204 -112 316
Edge 70 -426 496 +10 486 +328 158 -80 238
In Zone Swings 52 -354 406 +2 404 +270 134 -62 196
Out of Zone Swings 26 -122 148 -31 179 +132 47 -37 84
In Zone Swing & Misses 10 -52 62 -18 80 +66 14 -12 26
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 8 -53 61 -14 75 +54 21 -16 37
Basic
Pitches 168 -975 1,143 -11 1,154 +741 413 -190 603
PA 45 -254 299 +7 292 +193 99 -46 145
AB 39 -230 269 +2 267 +182 85 -42 127
Hits 9 -56 65 +6 59 +39 20 -15 35
Singles 8 -34 42 -1 43 +32 11 -11 22
Doubles 0 -13 13 +3 10 +5 5 -4 9
Triples 0 -3 3 +3 0 0 0 0 0
Home Runs 1 -6 7 +1 6 +2 4 0 4
Walks 4 -15 19 +7 12 -2 14 +1 13
Strikeouts 10 -54 64 -21 85 +64 21 -7 28
K% 22.2 +0.8 21.4 -7.7 29.1 +7.9 21.2 +1.9 19.3
BB% 8.9 +2.5 6.4 +2.3 4.1 -10.0 14.1 +5.1 9.0
HBP 0 -4 4 -2 6 +6 0 -5 5
Batted Balls 31 -181 212 +23 189 +125 64 -35 99
Number of Fastballs 120 -559 679 -114 793 +557 236 -112 348
Number of Offspeed 25 -222 247 +49 198 +100 98 -19 117
Number of Breaking 23 -194 217 +54 163 +84 79 -59 138
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 145 .356 80 13 16.3 65 48 73.8
2023 Shades 99 .340 45 17 37.8 54 26 48.1
2024 Shades 292 .259 173 17 9.8 119 67 56.3
2025 Shades 297 .296 148 19 12.8 149 121 81.2
2026 Shades 45 .276 29 13 44.8 16 11 68.8
! 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 302 15.5 38.7% 0.3% 169 18.1 10.1% 0.0%
2025 316 15.7 34.5% 0.6% 184 18.6 2.7% 1.1%
2026 45 15.6 35.6% 0.0% 25 18.4 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution