Cole Sands MIN RP R 

Born: 07/17/1997 Age: 27

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2025 OPL OPL Player Page

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Drafted 5th Rd (154) '18

Sun 7/06 Mon 7/07 Tue 7/08
TBR 2:10 PM EDT --- CHC 7:40 PM EDT

Positions
RP
2026 Earned Positions
RP

All Leagues
Average $1.80 Median $1.50
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.70 Median $1.50

All Leagues
Average $1.10 Median $1.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $1.30 Median $1.00

Roster%
16.56%
Change
7Day 3.69%
30Day 14.11%

2025 OPL 2025 OPL Round 3
OPL Roster%
2.00%
OPL Average Salary
$2.00


July 5, 2025 11:33 AM : Sands will start Saturday's game against the Rays.
Analysis: Sands pitched one-third of an inning during a win in Friday's series opener, and the Twins will now let him face the top of Tampa Bay's batting order to begin Saturday's game. The 27-year-old isn't expected to last more than an inning or two before turning things over to Minnesota's bullpen.

MLB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K H BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2022MIN11330.21028351354 3.06 93.73
2023MIN15021.20021201304 2.87 62.13
2024MIN62071.14585591266 6.4 456.67
2025MIN38136.0272937913 5.54 199.30

MILB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K H BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2019MIN (A)8841.10049411140 6.1 252.27
2019MIN (A+)9952.0005336724 6.17 321.00
2019MIN (AA)114.00064100 7.05 28.20
2021MIN (AA)191880.10096593556 5.47 439.27
2022MIN (AAA)191361.20072782439 3.34 205.83
2023MIN (AAA)19030.24441171002 8.03 246.13

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentGSWinSaveHoldIPTBF RERHKBBHBPHR Pts
Jul 5, 2025 MIN TBR 1 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11.40
Jul 4, 2025 MIN TBR 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4.47
Jun 28, 2025 MIN @DET 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4.33
Jun 26, 2025 MIN SEA 0 0 0 0 1.0 6 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.60
Jun 21, 2025 MIN MIL 0 0 0 0 1.2 12 5 3 6 0 1 0 0 -6.27
Jun 19, 2025 MIN @CIN 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 -0.27
Jun 17, 2025 MIN @CIN 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 8.40
Jun 15, 2025 MIN @HOU 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4.33
Jun 12, 2025 MIN TEX 0 0 0 0 1.0 7 4 4 4 2 0 0 0 1.00
Jun 8, 2025 MIN TOR 0 0 0 1 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.40
Totals 1 0 0 1 9.0 46 12 9 17 10 2 0 0 40.40

Last 10 MILB Games

DateLevelTeamOpponentGSWinSave IPTBFRERHKBBHBPHR
Sep 24, 2023 AAA STP TOL 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Sep 20, 2023 AAA STP TOL 0 0 1 2.0 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Sep 17, 2023 AAA STP @IOW 0 0 0 1.0 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Sep 12, 2023 AAA STP @IOW 0 0 1 1.0 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Sep 10, 2023 AAA STP @LOU 0 0 0 1.2 9 2 1 3 1 1 0 0
Sep 8, 2023 AAA STP @LOU 0 0 1 2.0 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Aug 8, 2023 AAA STP LOU 0 0 0 2.0 8 0 0 2 4 0 0 0
Aug 5, 2023 AAA STP @COL 0 0 0 1.1 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
Aug 2, 2023 AAA STP @COL 0 0 1 1.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Jul 30, 2023 AAA STP TOL 0 0 0 1.0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 4 14.0 55 2 1 8 19 5 0 0

Avg Salary & Roster%

Last 30 days

2026 Position Eligibility Progress

To gain eligibility, a player must have 5 GS or 10 G at a position in the majors, or 20 G at a position in the minors.

Transaction History

Date Transaction Type Team Salary
July 31, 2024 10:13 PM add Tabula Rasa 🪨 $2
September 6, 2024 4:58 PM cut Tabula Rasa 🪨 $1
March 30, 2025 10:18 AM add (oblique) $1
March 31, 2025 5:12 PM move ‼️ NEW ACHIEVEMENT ‼️ (from (oblique)) $1
May 5, 2025 9:45 AM cut ‼️ NEW ACHIEVEMENT ‼️ $1

Recent Trades for Cole Sands in FanGraphs Points

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
April 18, 2025 11:11 PM Bunt Cake Jorge Polanco SEA 2B/3B S $7 
Brandon Nimmo NYM OF L $18 
$18 loan 		Iorg You Glad I Didn't Say Tanana? Michael Conforto LAD OF L $3 
Robert Garcia TEX RP L $3 
Cole Sands MIN RP R $2 
April 11, 2025 4:18 PM Shootin Chisholm Gavin Lux CIN 2B/3B/OF L $6
Shohei Ohtani LAD Util/SP R $78 
Jeremy Pena HOU SS R $5 10IL 
$24 loan 		Zac Brown Band Nick Martinez CIN SP/RP R $6 
Bo Bichette TOR SS R $31 
Cole Sands MIN RP R $1 
Spencer Steer CIN 1B/OF R $8 
Bryce Miller SEA SP R $18 15IL 
March 30, 2025 5:11 PM ‼️ NEW ACHIEVEMENT ‼️ Xander Bogaerts SDP 2B/SS R $12 
Kyle Bradish BAL SP R $7 60IL
 (oblique) Manny Machado SDP 3B R $41 
Cole Sands MIN RP R $1 
$21 loan
January 30, 2025 8:45 PM The Back Fields Fernando Tatis Jr. SDP OF R $59
Oneil Cruz PIT SS/OF L $19 
Justin Martinez ARI RP R $3 60IL
Cole Sands MIN RP R $3 
Aidan Miller PHI AA SS R $2
 Otto2024 Kyle Tucker CHC OF L $46 
November 26, 2024 1:19 PM Mos Eisley Rodian Raiders Ian Happ CHC OF S $19
Josh Jung TEX 3B R $10 
 GP3 Dustin May LAD SP R $5 
Cole Sands MIN RP R $3 
Ben Joyce LAA RP R $4 60IL
November 25, 2024 3:41 PM A Team Has No Name Brady Singer CIN SP R $8 
 Electric City Cole Sands MIN RP R $4 
Nick Kurtz OAK 1B L $2 
July 18, 2024 2:08 AM Southern Comfort Freddie Freeman LAD 1B L $53 
Cole Sands MIN RP R $1 
$35 loan 		Henry Rowengarter est. 2015 Evan Phillips LAD RP R $7 60IL
Xavier Edwards MIA 2B/SS S $3 
Jhonkensy Noel CLE AAA 1B/OF R $1
Cade Smith CLE RP R $1