Cole Sands
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| Cole Sands | |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Twins – No. 44 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: July 17, 1997 Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 1, 2022, for the Minnesota Twins | |
| MLB statistics (through April 17, 2026) | |
| Win–loss record | 13–10 |
| Earned run average | 4.17 |
| Strikeouts | 205 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Bryson Cole Sands (born July 17, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.
Sands attended North Florida Christian School in Tallahassee, Florida, where he played baseball.[1] As a senior, he pitched to a 0.32 ERA.[2] Following his senior year, he was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 22nd round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, but he did not sign, and instead enrolled at Florida State University (FSU) where he played college baseball.[3]
In 2016, as a freshman at FSU, Sands appeared in 18 games (17 starts) in which he pitched to a 6–7 record with a 4.13 ERA over 69+2⁄3 innings.[4][5] As a sophomore at FSU, Sands once again pitched in 18 games (making 17 starts), going 6–4 with a 5.40 ERA.[6] In 2016 and 2017, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[7][8][9] In 2018, his junior season, he made 14 starts and compiled a 7–4 record with a 4.54 ERA, striking out 88 over 75 innings.[10] After the season, he was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the fifth round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[11][12][13][14] He signed for $600,000.[15]
