Bryson
Sands
PAge : 29Throws : R
#44
Cole Sands
#44P
Minnesota Twins
Height : 6' 3" · Weight : 98 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2022-05-01
Born in : Tallahassee, FL, USA
MLB record
| Year | Team | PJ | V | D | MPM | MJ | RB | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Minnesota Twins | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8.25 | 12.0 | 11 | 1.67 |
| 2025 | Minnesota Twins | 69 | 4 | 6 | 4.50 | 72.0 | 64 | 1.17 |
| 2024 | Minnesota Twins | 62 | 9 | 1 | 3.28 | 71.1 | 85 | 1.00 |
| 2023 | Minnesota Twins | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3.74 | 21.2 | 21 | 1.52 |
| 2022 | Minnesota Twins | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5.87 | 30.2 | 28 | 1.57 |
| Career totals | 170 | 14 | 11 | 4.42 | 207.2 | 209 | 1.23 | |
ContractMinnesota Twins payroll →
- Type
- Arbitration
- Length
- 1 yr · 2026–2026
- Total value
- 1.1 M$
- AAV
- 1.10 M$
2026
1.10 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 2
2028
—
Arb 3
Advanced stats, 2025Relief pitcherMLB stats →
ERA
4.50
FIP
3.58
xFIP
4.05
ERA-
109
WHIP
1.17
K%
21.4 %
BB%
6.4 %
Strikeouts
64
Innings
72.0
Wins
4
Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.
2026 projectionMLB trends →
Projected WAR
0.8
Strikeouts
64
2025 WAR
0.8
This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.
Trend
→ Stable (-6)
- 2022-0.1 WAR · -0.2 per full season
- 2023-0.1 WAR · -0.3 per full season
- 20241.5 WAR · 1.4 per full season
- 20250.8 WAR · 0.7 per full season
Outlook, age included
+4 · 27 y.o. · prime years
It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.
Player ratings, 2025All ratings →
Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.
OV · Overall
79
Established regular
- VEL
- Velocity
- 75
- STF
- Stuff
- 78
- CTL
- Control
- 87
- CNT
- Contact allowed
- 68
- STA
- Stamina
- —
- DUR
- Durability
- 79
- EX
- Experience
- 55
Why these ratings?Hide details
- VEL — Velocity : Fastball velocity
- STF — Stuff : Strikeouts, K − BB
- CTL — Control : Walks avoided
- CNT — Contact allowed : xwOBA, barrels and hard-hit balls allowed
- STA — Stamina : Innings per start and innings pitched
- DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
- EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors
WAR and PAL Rating, 2025How we rate →
WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).
PAL: dimensions
A pitcher's WAR
Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 3.58 · RA9-WAR: -0.4
StatcastStatcast leaderboards →
MLB's tracking of every ball, 2025 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.
Fastball
95.0 mi/h
51th percentile
K%
21.4 %
39th percentile
BB%
6.4 %
85th percentile
xERA
3.88
45th percentile
xwOBA allowed
.306
45th percentile
Barrels allowed
9.9 %
19th percentile
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | OV | Fastball | K% | BB% | xERA | xwOBA allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | MIN | 0.8 | 51 | 79 | 95.0 | 21.4 | 6.4 | 3.88 | .306 |
| 2024 | MIN | 1.5 | 90 | 85 | 95.7 | 29.1 | 4.1 | 3.39 | .290 |
| 2023 | MIN | -0.1 | 9 | 46 | 93.8 | 21.4 | 13.3 | 6.04 | .370 |
| 2022 | MIN | -0.1 | 13 | 62 | 91.6 | 19.3 | 9.0 | 4.58 | .333 |
Game log, 2025
| Date | Opponent | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | @ PHI | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Sep 25 | @ TEX | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.56 |
| Sep 23 | @ TEX | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.63 |
| Sep 21 | vs CLE | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.70 |
| Sep 19 | vs CLE | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4.76 |
| Sep 17 | vs NYY | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.54 |
| Sep 13 | vs AZ | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.48 |
| Sep 12 | vs AZ | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.27 |
| Sep 10 | @ LAA | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.78 |
| Sep 7 | @ KC | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.73 |