Cole Sands

#44 - Relief Pitcher

Minnesota Twins

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	7/17/1997 (27)
Height, Weight	6'3", 215 lb
Hometown	Tallahassee, FL

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	4	71.1	3.28	1.00	29.1%	4.1%

	53^rd 3 Sv	22^nd 45 IP	115^th 4.00 ERA	46^th 1.28 WHIP	60^th 23.7% K%	13^th 9.1% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	95.6	13.4%	29.5%	-	8.1%	5.12	3.17

	113^th 94.6 FB MPH	120^th 12.7% SwStr%	151^st 29.2% CSW%	- Str-ICR	301^st - MTK%	180^th 5.13 PLV	162^nd - PLA

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Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	Sv	Hld	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2022	MIN	11	3	30.2	0-3	1	0	5.87	1.57	4.25	4.77	5.01	5.27	19.3%	9.0%	10.3	1.17	.326	11.1%	67.5%	35.4%	44.3%	10.4%	26.4%	0.45	4.69
2023	MIN	15	0	21.2	0-0	0	0	3.74	1.52	6.06	5.57	5.29	5.65	21.2%	14.1%	8.3	1.66	.267	16.0%	83.9%	43.8%	42.2%	8.5%	26.4%	0.45	4.66
2024	MIN	62	0	71.1	9-1	4	5	3.28	1.00	2.62	2.63	3.41	3.17	29.1%	4.1%	7.4	0.76	.291	7.6%	68.5%	39.7%	38.2%	13.4%	29.5%	0.60	5.12
RP MLB Percentile		78	0	93	98-58	82	47	66	86	90	91	83	53	82	96	62	67	48	81	32	21	24	63	54	-	47
RP MLB AVG		41	0	45.0	3-2	3	7	4.00	1.28	4.11	4.05	4.01	3.18	23.7%	9.1%	8.0	1.07	.288	12.5%	72.5%	36.8%	44.8%	12.7%	29.2%	0.53	5.13
Career		88	3	123.2	9-4	5	5	4.00	1.23	-	-	-	4.13	25.0%	7.3%	8.3	1.02	.297	10.0%	71.1%	39.2%	40.6%	11.7%	28.1%	0.53	4.91

Repertoire

Cutter | 29%
Four-Seamer | 29%
Splitter | 17%
Curveball | 14%
Sinker | 10%
Changeup | 0%
Slider | 0%
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Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2022	6.0%	84.4	50.0%	16.7%	63.9%	5.6%	22.2%	27.8%	41.7%	50.0%	25.0%	50.0%	50.0%	.500	.429	+2	2.3	13.9%	4.96
2023	7.3%	88.5	46.7%	31.3%	63.3%	10.0%	20.0%	30.0%	43.3%	33.3%	33.3%	100.0%	200.0%	1.000	1.000	+1	4.0	10.0%	4.68
2024	29.5%	90.8	53.2%	34.6%	71.8%	16.2%	17.6%	33.8%	60.6%	14.3%	59.2%	38.8%	6.9%	.231	.283	-7	-6.7	5.6%	5.30
RP MLB Percentile	73	71	76	72	82	80	63	84	19	13	86	58	59	63	54	98	99	50	68
RP MLB AVG	22.5%	89.3	47.2%	27.8%	63.4%	10.9%	15.9%	26.8%	48.3%	41.9%	34.5%	44.8%	14.1%	.276	.291	+1	0.7	6.3%	5.11

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2022	.479	.643	.402	.643	-	12.5%	50.0%	89.9	104.8	4.8	-0.8	1.9	-1.8	5.4	5.3	2,338
2023	.836	1.062	.679	1.307	-	33.3%	100.0%	102.1	96.8	20.0	0.0	4.2	-2.4	5.6	5.8	2,427
2024	.224	.280	.260	.351	-	4.1%	38.8%	86.7	86.5	26.6	0.2	4.8	-2.3	5.7	5.7	2,453
RP MLB Percentile	72	70	60	53	-	48	58	66	59	21	30	60	12	47	4	64
RP MLB AVG	.288	.366	.298	.385	-	6.9%	44.8%	88.4	86.8	15.0	-0.5	4.4	-0.9	5.7	6.3	2,373

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2022	36	8	23	13	2	1	0	1	4	6	4	0	0	0
2023	30	5	19	11	1	0	0	2	3	7	3	0	2	0
2024	340	75	244	96	13	0	0	2	15	19	19	21	4	1
RP MLB Percentile	94	92	95	10	6	53	8	8	10	-	-	95	16	4
RP MLB AVG	106	25	69	37	4	1	0	1	6	8	7	4	2	0

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2022	50.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%	37.5%	37.5%	25.0%	25.0%	12.5%	12.5%	50.0%	-	50.0%	50.0%
2023	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	-	0.0%	100.0%
2024	14.3%	26.5%	59.2%	12.2%	46.9%	28.6%	24.5%	24.5%	10.2%	4.1%	46.9%	-	61.2%	38.8%
RP MLB Percentile	13	39	86	59	53	38	49	51	27	48	29	-	-	58
RP MLB AVG	41.9%	23.6%	34.5%	11.3%	44.3%	32.1%	23.6%	26.6%	6.9%	6.9%	36.8%	-	59.7%	44.8%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2022	.500	.638	.429	.500	+2	.479	.643	.402	.643	89.9	104.8	4.8	50.0
2023	1.000	1.257	1.000	1.000	+1	.836	1.062	.679	1.307	102.1	96.8	20.0	200.0
2024	.231	.257	.283	.313	-7	.224	.280	.260	.351	86.7	86.5	26.6	6.9
RP MLB Percentile	63	69	54	54	98	72	70	60	53	66	59	21	59
RP MLB AVG	.276	.347	.291	.322	+1	.288	.366	.298	.385	88.4	86.8	15.0	14.1

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2022	50.0%	63.9%	41.7%	16.7%	13.3%	13.9%	86.7%	91.7%	66.7%	22.2%	5.6%	27.8%	34.8%	22.2%	52.8%	0.39	41.7%
2023	46.7%	63.3%	43.3%	31.3%	23.1%	23.3%	76.9%	75.0%	80.0%	20.0%	10.0%	30.0%	15.8%	10.0%	53.3%	0.67	43.3%
2024	53.2%	71.8%	54.1%	34.6%	29.9%	23.5%	70.1%	76.7%	54.5%	17.6%	16.2%	33.8%	20.1%	14.4%	67.4%	0.82	60.6%
RP MLB Percentile	76	82	73	72	74	78	75	81	64	63	80	84	79	71	88	10	19
RP MLB AVG	47.2%	63.4%	47.4%	27.8%	22.9%	19.0%	77.1%	85.0%	60.4%	15.9%	10.9%	26.8%	-	-	57.8%	0.45	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2022	50.0%	5.6%	19.4%	75.0%	13.9%	22.2%	63.9%	5.6%	75.0%	8.3%
2023	46.7%	13.3%	13.3%	73.3%	36.7%	30.0%	33.3%	26.7%	60.0%	0.0%
2024	53.2%	9.7%	28.2%	62.1%	40.3%	30.3%	29.4%	29.1%	42.6%	8.8%
RP MLB Percentile	76	13	71	66	72	70	27	39	51	68
RP MLB AVG	47.2%	21.2%	24.2%	54.6%	32.3%	26.3%	41.5%	33.8%	42.0%	7.2%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2022	63.9%	16.7%	19.4%	8.7%	55.6%	55.6%	30.4%	14.3%	0.0%
2023	70.0%	10.0%	20.0%	4.8%	42.9%	42.9%	23.8%	16.7%	0.0%
2024	67.4%	13.2%	19.4%	12.7%	67.2%	57.1%	20.5%	28.8%	31.8%
RP MLB Percentile	54	46	51	38	67	74	58	49	86
RP MLB AVG	65.8%	13.0%	21.2%	15.1%	60.5%	47.9%	19.4%	27.5%	15.5%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2022	84.4	5.3	-3.1	1.1	4.0	-7.2	-0.3	2,338	4.96
2023	88.5	5.8	-1.8	6.0	6.6	-6.3	0.1	2,427	4.68
2024	90.8	5.7	-1.3	7.3	7.8	-5.9	0.1	2,453	5.30
RP MLB Percentile	71	4	33	62	51	65	45	64	68
RP MLB AVG	89.3	6.3	-	-	-	-	-	2,373	5.11

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2022	36	4.96	4.34	47.2%	19.4%	33.3%	13.9%	2.3	+2
2023	30	4.68	5.59	43.3%	10.0%	46.7%	-3.3%	4.0	+1
2024	340	5.30	2.65	50.6%	16.8%	32.6%	17.9%	-6.7	-7
RP MLB Percentile	94	68	-	68	51	61	61	99	98
RP MLB AVG	106	5.11	0.44	47.0%	17.3%	35.7%	11.3%	0.7	+1

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2022	50.3%	91.6	49.2%	24.7%	64.4%	9.2%	18.2%	27.4%	53.1%	36.8%	50.0%	44.7%	5.3%	.231	.297	-4	-2.1	11.2%	4.59
2023	37.5%	93.8	57.4%	18.2%	66.5%	9.7%	14.8%	24.5%	54.8%	21.7%	60.9%	39.1%	7.1%	.176	.227	-5	-5.5	14.2%	4.46
2024	28.9%	95.6	56.5%	26.9%	70.0%	16.5%	17.1%	33.6%	58.0%	30.8%	55.8%	38.5%	6.9%	.193	.280	-7	-7.3	10.8%	4.97
RP MLB Percentile	24	67	84	54	79	89	58	90	16	35	89	58	67	73	55	95	95	12	52
RP MLB AVG	40.1%	94.6	51.0%	26.4%	65.5%	11.0%	16.7%	27.8%	52.3%	35.7%	41.1%	41.0%	12.9%	.244	.295	+0	-0.3	6.5%	4.95

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2022	.184	.317	.220	.305	-	5.3%	44.7%	92.3	92.1	20.3	5.6	6.9	-1.8	5.4	5.3	2,202
2023	.186	.314	.226	.331	-	8.7%	39.1%	93.9	91.3	30.2	7.4	8.2	-2.4	5.5	5.8	2,344
2024	.143	.209	.183	.280	-	11.5%	38.5%	93.3	91.2	22.8	7.3	8.1	-2.3	5.6	5.7	2,296
RP MLB Percentile	94	95	94	87	-	28	58	17	29	29	90	23	11	36	3	54
RP MLB AVG	.242	.337	.289	.386	-	9.1%	41.0%	90.2	88.6	18.6	5.0	9.0	-0.8	5.6	6.4	2,291

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2022	303	65	195	108	10	1	0	1	12	14	17	14	11	2
2023	155	42	103	52	4	1	0	1	6	8	9	11	8	0
2024	333	90	233	100	11	3	0	2	16	20	20	32	4	2
RP MLB Percentile	74	76	76	30	20	25	19	30	25	-	-	90	59	4
RP MLB AVG	246	61	163	83	8	2	0	2	12	16	15	15	7	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2022	36.8%	13.2%	50.0%	15.8%	34.2%	28.9%	36.8%	21.1%	18.4%	5.3%	26.3%	-	55.3%	44.7%
2023	21.7%	17.4%	60.9%	17.4%	26.1%	56.5%	17.4%	13.0%	17.4%	8.7%	30.4%	-	60.8%	39.1%
2024	30.8%	13.5%	55.8%	9.6%	15.4%	48.1%	36.5%	21.2%	5.8%	11.5%	34.6%	-	61.6%	38.5%
RP MLB Percentile	35	86	89	35	7	90	67	65	54	28	63	-	-	58
RP MLB AVG	35.7%	23.2%	41.1%	13.1%	31.6%	35.5%	32.9%	25.1%	6.9%	9.1%	37.6%	-	58.9%	41.0%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2022	.231	.326	.297	.316	-4	.184	.317	.220	.305	92.3	92.1	20.3	5.3
2023	.176	.294	.227	.261	-5	.186	.314	.226	.331	93.9	91.3	30.2	7.1
2024	.193	.242	.280	.308	-7	.143	.209	.183	.280	93.3	91.2	22.8	6.9
RP MLB Percentile	73	85	55	55	95	94	95	94	87	17	29	29	67
RP MLB AVG	.244	.333	.295	.331	+0	.242	.337	.289	.386	90.2	88.6	18.6	12.9

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2022	49.2%	64.4%	46.2%	24.7%	20.0%	24.4%	80.0%	85.3%	65.8%	18.2%	9.2%	27.4%	19.5%	12.5%	60.4%	0.58	53.1%
2023	57.4%	66.5%	51.6%	18.2%	18.8%	27.1%	81.3%	86.8%	50.0%	14.8%	9.7%	24.5%	22.3%	14.8%	62.6%	0.52	54.8%
2024	56.5%	70.0%	52.9%	26.9%	31.3%	20.7%	68.8%	73.7%	51.3%	17.1%	16.5%	33.6%	22.3%	15.6%	65.2%	0.76	58.0%
RP MLB Percentile	84	79	76	54	87	40	87	86	88	58	89	90	64	54	82	11	16
RP MLB AVG	51.0%	65.5%	48.7%	26.4%	22.5%	21.6%	77.5%	81.5%	66.3%	16.7%	11.0%	27.8%	-	-	60.2%	0.54	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2022	49.2%	48.2%	25.1%	26.7%	59.7%	26.7%	13.5%	28.4%	46.5%	8.9%
2023	57.4%	30.3%	25.2%	44.5%	41.9%	29.7%	28.4%	39.4%	35.5%	7.7%
2024	56.5%	34.2%	29.1%	36.6%	47.7%	25.8%	26.4%	27.3%	43.5%	8.7%
RP MLB Percentile	84	47	62	48	38	41	69	43	51	66
RP MLB AVG	51.0%	35.1%	27.8%	37.1%	51.1%	26.7%	22.3%	28.8%	43.4%	7.9%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2022	55.1%	14.9%	30.0%	9.6%	61.0%	51.2%	26.9%	23.1%	15.4%
2023	47.1%	17.4%	35.5%	13.7%	53.1%	43.8%	17.8%	14.5%	20.0%
2024	49.2%	12.6%	38.1%	15.2%	63.6%	54.5%	24.4%	19.7%	25.2%
RP MLB Percentile	19	63	83	68	55	67	70	42	85
RP MLB AVG	54.4%	14.1%	31.5%	13.2%	62.0%	51.1%	21.8%	20.6%	18.5%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2022	91.6	5.3	9.7	11.6	15.4	-4.6	0.8	2,202	4.59
2023	93.8	5.8	12.1	13.5	18.3