Cole Sands
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 3" 215LBS | Age: 25

Draft: 2018 | Rd: 5, #154, Minnesota Twins | Florida State

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 0 0 0.90 6 0 0 10.0 9 1.40
2 Seasons 0 3 4.65 17 3 1 40.2 37 1.52
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 6 0-0 0.90 10.0 9 1.40
2 Seasons 17 0-3 4.65 40.2 37 1.52

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
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 .226 .408 .356 .325 .349 39.4 19.3 9.0 5.87 4.43
2023 25 175 30 5 16.7 11.4 94.9 114.1 17.0 46.7 .272 .520 .303 .376 .435 60.0 20.5 11.4 0.90 6.07
Player 778 129 12 9.3 6.3 90.6 114.1 14.8 31.0 .237 .435 .344 .337 .369 44.2 19.6 9.5
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Sands relies on 5 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(42.9%) ,
Split Finger
(26.3%) ,
Curveball
(14.3%) ,
Sinker
(13.1%) ,
Cutter
(3.4%) ,


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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 33.3 33.3 26.7 6.7 23.3 56.7 20.0 0.0 26.7 30.0 13.3 13.3 16.7 11.4
Player 41.9 30.2 20.2 7.8 39.5 38.8 21.7 0.8 34.1 27.9 15.5 11.6 9.3 6.3
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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
2023 Sinker MIN R 23 93.0 27.3 2.9 12 16.7 1.4 9
2023 4-Seamer MIN R 75 93.5 17.1 -1.8 -12 11.3 2.9 35
2023 Splitter MIN R 46 86.1 37.4 3.3 10 10.1 -0.9 -8
2023 Curveball MIN R 25 79.9 51.0 -0.6 -1 16.3 7.3 82
2023 Cutter MIN R 6 89.2 26.6 -0.5 -2 2.0 0.1 5
2022 Splitter MIN R 103 84.8 39.1 2.5 7 12.4 0.4 3
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 -3.6 -11 2.9 0.8 39
2022 Curveball MIN R 138 78.6 48.8 -2.0 -4 18.1 6.4 54
2022 4-Seamer MIN R 294 91.6 20.0 -3.2 -19 8.7 0.5 6
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 %
2023 4-Seamer -0.7 -1 75 42.9 20 .200 .400 .365 12.1 15.0 13.6 .202 .434 .374 41.7
2023 Splitter -5.4 -2 46 26.3 11 .182 .364 .227 25.0 36.4 18.2 .227 .511 .312 57.1
2023 Curveball -0.3 0 25 14.3 4 .250 .250 .225 14.3 50.0 13.3 .176 .186 .162 50.0
2023 Sinker -0.6 0 23 13.1 9 .333 .333 .400 0.0 0.0 -- .487 .823 .556 88.9
2023 Cutter 1.4 0 6 3.4 -- -- -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer -0.1 0 294 48.8 63 .240 .320 .353 20.7 22.2 15.6 .217 .410 .357 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 Splitter 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.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
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 Splitter 83 84.9 84 13.6 2:30 3:15 -45
2023 Curveball 25 79.9 76 20.0 7:30 8:00 -30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 75 93.5 85 18.1 1:30 1:15 15
2023 Splitter 38 86.1 73 10.5 2:15 3:15 -60
2023 Sinker 22 93.0 80 17.8 1:30 2:45 -75
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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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 44 175 -2 -4 2 1 -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 86.2 26.6 56.0 39.3 57.2 46.4 22.5 8.1 83.7
2023 175 51.4 65.6 93.2 22.4 57.9 36.0 59.1 44.6 15.4 6.3 63.6
Player 778 48.5 67.6 87.8 25.7 56.3 38.6 57.7 46.0 20.9 7.7 80.0
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.3 76.1
! 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 15 50 88 1
2023 46 68 5
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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 24.4 1 1.7 -1 2 3 0 0.0
Player 25.4 5 6.1 -1 3 5 3 60.0

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 1 1 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 1
Player 5 5 5 6 9 6 6 5 5 5 5 9 6 5 8 5 6 6 5 10 5 5 8 5 5 5 8 8 5 7 6
! 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 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.7 93.1 2.4
Offspeed Velocity 84.9 86.1 1.2
Breaking Velocity 78.6 79.9 1.3
Exit Velocity 89.3 94.9 5.6
Launch Angle 14.1 17.0 2.9
Barrel % 7.1 16.7 9.6
Hard Hit % 39.4 60.0 20.6
Sweet Spot % 26.3 46.7 20.4
xBA .226 .272 0.046
BA .276 .231 -0.045
xwOBA .325 .376 0.051
wOBA .356 .303 -0.053
xSLG .408 .520 0.112
SLG .441 .359 -0.082
K% 19.3 20.5 1.2
BB% 9.0 11.4 2.4
Swing % 46.4 44.6 -1.8
Whiff% 22.5 15.4 -7.1
In Zone % 47.6 51.4 3.8
Out of Zone % 52.4 48.6 -3.8
Out of Zone Swing % 26.6 22.4 -4.2
First Pitch Swing % 28.3 36.4 8.1
First Pitch Strike % 57.2 59.1 1.9
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2022 145 .356 80 13 16.3 65 48 73.8
2023 44 .303 21 0 0.0 23 0 0.0

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 16 14.2 68.8% 0.0% 9 15.2 22.2% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution