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
2023 0 0 3.74 15 0 0 21.2 21 1.52
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
4 Seasons 13 10 4.19 157 6 8 195.2 198 1.21
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 15 0-0 3.74 21.2 21 1.52
2024 62 9-1 3.28 71.1 85 1.00
2025 69 4-6 4.50 72 64 1.17
4 Seasons 157 13-10 4.19 195.2 198 1.21
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 .225 .408 .356 .324 .349 39.4 19.3 9.0 5.87 4.40
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 1154 189 12 6.3 4.1 89.0 113.0 17.6 32.8 .221 .371 .259 .280 .368 37.0 29.1 4.1 3.28 3.24
2025 27 1143 212 21 9.9 7.0 89.4 113.2 12.4 32.1 .238 .394 .296 .305 .359 41.5 21.4 6.4 4.50 3.88
Player 3313 564 48 8.5 5.7 89.5 114.1 14.7 31.7 .233 .399 .299 .307 .367 41.1 23.7 6.9
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 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
(26.6%) ,
Cutter
(24.1%) ,
Split Finger
(21.6%) ,
Curveball
(18.6%) ,
Sinker
(9.0%) ,


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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
Player 41.1 58.9 30.7 20.2 8.0 40.2 37.8 22.0 19.9 17.7 3.5 20.4 20.0 18.4
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 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
Player 3.7 28.9 27.1 22.9 8.3 8.5 5.7
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
2025 Cutter MIN R 276 89.4 26.2 -0.6 2.1GLV 0.5 7.8 -0.5 2.1GLV -0.1
2025 Curveball MIN R 213 81.7 47.1 -3.2 16.8GLV 6.1 -5.7 -4.2 16.8GLV 7.7
2025 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 304 95.0 16.7 -1.2 11.3ARM 2.4 13.7 -2.1 11.3ARM 3.7
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 Sinker MIN R 103 94.0 24.3 0.1 16.4ARM 0.6 6.8 0.7 16.4ARM 1.3
2024 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 333 95.7 16.2 -1.6 11.5ARM 3.1 13.8 -2.0 11.5ARM 4.0
2024 Sinker MIN R 118 94.6 23.1 -0.6 16.4ARM 0.7 7.4 -0.2 16.4ARM 1.6
2024 Curveball MIN R 163 82.4 45.7 -3.3 13.5GLV 3.3 -5.2 -4.8 13.5GLV 4.1
2024 Cutter MIN R 342 90.8 24.9 0.1 1.1GLV -0.4 8.2 -0.1 1.1GLV -1.6
2024 Split-Finger MIN R 198 87.8 35.9 1.4 12.8ARM 1.3 -0.4 3.0 12.8ARM 2.1
! 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -3 304 26.6 87 .276 .526 .376 22.1 31.0 25.7 .231 .441 .328 48.1
2025 Cutter -0.4 -1 276 24.1 68 .328 .483 .389 22.9 14.7 18.2 .261 .438 .354 43.1
2025 Split-Finger 3.0 7 247 21.6 78 .145 .184 .163 20.7 16.7 11.7 .227 .324 .242 40.6
2025 Curveball -0.4 -1 213 18.6 38 .200 .314 .259 29.8 34.2 17.3 .163 .232 .213 22.7
2025 Sinker 0.7 1 103 9.0 26 .292 .500 .365 15.6 3.8 50.0 .347 .593 .422 43.5
2024 Cutter 1.8 6 342 29.6 77 .227 .318 .262 29.7 27.3 31.8 .215 .373 .288 34.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 7 333 28.9 92 .198 .302 .249 31.1 35.9 25.2 .193 .388 .269 44.4
2024 Split-Finger -0.5 -1 198 17.2 55 .170 .226 .241 24.2 34.5 16.5 .239 .319 .258 35.3
2024 Curveball -1.5 -2 163 14.1 37 .294 .412 .343 29.4 29.7 18.6 .217 .333 .256 25.0
2024 Sinker -1.1 -1 118 10.2 31 .286 .500 .366 1.8 3.2 12.5 .299 .470 .370 40.7
! 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
2025 Curveball 213 81.7 68 19.5 7:45 8:15 -30
2025 Cutter 274 89.4 37 7.5 12:30 11:15 75
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 2:30 -60
2024 Curveball 162 82.4 62 16.0 7:45 8:00 -15
2024 Cutter 341 90.8 42 7.6 12:45 11:45 60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 328 95.7 91 17.8 1:30 1:30 0
2024 Split-Finger 181 87.8 85 13.7 2:15 3:15 -60
2024 Sinker 117 94.6 88 18.3 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
Player 833 3,313 21 14 -17 21 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 86.7 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 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 9.2 85.8
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
Player 3,313 51.1 67.3 84.0 28.3 57.6 41.6 61.6 48.2 23.5 7.8 80.7
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 43 73 94 4
2024 82 75 62 49 90 72 76 42 65 88 97 58 82 71 56 84 4
2025 55 56 50 45 68 45 21 45 43 41 76 24 40 59 63 91 6
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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
Player 24.36 21 24.0 -3 16 18 10 47.6
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
Player 21 24 23 26 25 22 22 23 21 19 20 31 27 28 23 20 27 21 23 29 24 24 30 30 21 21 22 26 26 21 21
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

2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023 +/-   2022
Results
BA .242 +.021 .221 -.014 .235 -.041 .276
xBA .238 +.017 .221 -.042 .263 +.038 .225
OBP .297 +.032 .265 -.078 .343 -.023 .366
xOBP .299 +.030 .269 -.098 .367 +.045 .322
SLG .390 +.064 .326 -.109 .435 -.006 .441
xSLG .394 +.023 .371 -.120 .491 +.083 .408
ISO .149 +.044 .105 -.095 .200 +.035 .165
xISO .156 +.006 .150 -.078 .228 +.045 .183
BABIP .287 -.004 .291 +.024 .267 -.059 .326
wOBA .296 +.037 .259 -.081 .340 -.016 .356
xwOBA .305 +.025 .280 -.089 .369 +.045 .324
wOBACON .346 +.012 .334 -.040 .374 -.021 .395
xwOBACON .359 -.009 .368 -.051 .419 +.070 .349
BACON .311 -.003 .314 +.001 .313 -.041 .354
xBACON .314 -.007 .321 -.028 .349 +.059 .290
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 41.5 +4.5 37.0 -17.7 54.7 +15.3 39.4
Avg Exit Velocity 89.4 +0.4 89.0 -2.5 91.5 +2.2 89.3
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 32.1 -0.7 32.8 -3.1 35.9 +9.6 26.3
Barrel % 9.9 +3.6 6.3 -6.2 12.5 +5.4 7.1
Avg Launch Angle 12.4 -5.2 17.6 +3.0 14.6 +0.5 14.1
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.7 +0.5 71.2 +0.3 70.9 -- --
Attack Angle 11° +1° -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 58.2 +5.7 52.5 +2.5 50.0 -- --
Attack Direction -2° -2° -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 33° +1° 32° 32° -- --
Swing Length 7.3 +0.1 7.2 +0.1 7.1 -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 92.6 -0.8 93.4 +0.5 92.9 +2.2 90.7
Breaking Velocity 81.7 -0.7 82.4 +2.0 80.4 +1.8 78.6
Offspeed Velocity 88.2 +0.4 87.8 +1.6 86.2 +1.3 84.9
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 21 +9 12 +4 8 +1 7
Popup % 7.5 -1.5 9.0 +2.7 6.3 -1.8 8.1
Flyball % 25.9 -9.5 35.4 +1.0 34.4 +5.1 29.3
Line Drive % 22.6 +4.1 18.5 -1.8 20.3 +2.1 18.2
Groundball % 43.9 +6.9 37.0 -2.1 39.1 -5.3 44.4
Pull % 44.3 +10.4 33.9 -5.2 39.1 -5.3 44.4
Straight Away % 36.8 -2.4 39.2 -4.6 43.8 +10.5 33.3
Opposite Field % 18.9 -8.1 27.0 +9.8 17.2 -5.0 22.2
Weak Contact % 6.1 +3.5 2.6 -0.5 3.1 +2.1 1.0
Pull Airball % 21.2 +2.2 19.0 -4.4 23.4 +4.2 19.2
Topped Contact % 30.7 +6.4 24.3 -0.7 25.0 -11.4 36.4
Under Contact % 23.1 -8.1 31.2 +3.1 28.1 +0.8 27.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 22.6 -4.9 27.5 +7.2 20.3 +4.1 16.2
Solid Contact % 7.5 +0.6 6.9 -4.0 10.9 -0.2 11.1
HR/FB % 12.7 +3.7 9.0 -9.2 18.2 +4.4 13.8
Popups 16 -1 17 +13 4 -4 8
Flyballs 55 -12 67 +45 22 -7 29
Line Drives 48 +13 35 +22 13 -5 18
Groundballs 93 +23 70 +45 25 -19 44
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 53.3 +2.3 51.0 +0.4 50.6 +3.0 47.6
Out of Zone % 46.7 -2.3 49.0 -0.4 49.4 -3.0 52.4
Edge % 43.4 +1.3 42.1 +3.8 38.3 -1.0 39.3
Zone Swing % 66.7 -1.9 68.6 +4.5 64.1 -4.2 68.3
Out of Zone Swing % 27.7 -4.0 31.7 +8.7 23.0 -3.6 26.6
In Zone Contact % 84.7 +4.5 80.2 -9.4 89.6 +2.9 86.7
Out of Zone Contact % 58.8 +0.7 58.1 +2.8 55.3 -0.7 56.0
Whiff % 22.2 -4.4 26.6 +7.3 19.3 -3.2 22.5
First Strike % 60.9 -4.2 65.1 +5.5 59.6 +2.4 57.2
First Pitch Swing % 26.9 -9.1 36.0 +5.7 30.3 +2.0 28.3
Swing % 48.5 -2.0 50.5 +6.7 43.8 -2.6 46.4
Meatball Swing % 72.2 -13.6 85.8 +5.8 80.0 -3.7 83.7
Meatball % 6.9 -2.3 9.2 +3.1 6.1 -2.0 8.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 15.3 -4.5 19.8 +9.4 10.4 -2.9 13.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 41.2 -0.7 41.9 -2.8 44.7 +0.7 44.0
In Zone 609 +20 589 +380 209 -78 287
Out of Zone 534 -31 565 +361 204 -112 316
Edge 496 +10 486 +328 158 -79 237
In Zone Swings 406 +2 404 +270 134 -62 196
Out of Zone Swings 148 -31 179 +132 47 -37 84
In Zone Swing & Misses 62 -18 80 +66 14 -12 26
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 61 -14 75 +54 21 -16 37
Basic
Pitches 1,143 -11 1,154 +741 413 -190 603
PA 299 +7 292 +193 99 -46 145
AB 269 +2 267 +182 85 -42 127
Hits 65 +6 59 +39 20 -15 35
Singles 42 -1 43 +32 11 -11 22
Doubles 13 +3 10 +5 5 -4 9
Triples 3 +3 0 0 0 0 0
Home Runs 7 +1 6 +2 4 0 4
Walks 19 +7 12 -2 14 +1 13
Strikeouts 64 -21 85 +64 21 -7 28
K% 21.4 -7.7 29.1 +7.9 21.2 +1.9 19.3
BB% 6.4 +2.3 4.1 -10.0 14.1 +5.1 9.0
HBP 4 -2 6 +6 0 -5 5
Batted Balls 212 +23 189 +125 64 -35 99
Number of Fastballs 683 -110 793 +557 236 -112 348
Number of Offspeed 247 +49 198 +99 99 -18 117
Number of Breaking 213 +50 163 +85 78 -60 138
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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
! 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%

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Pitch Distribution