Twins general manager Jeremy Zoll said that Sands (forearm) played catch on consecutive days last week and is expected to spend about a month on the injured list, Bobby Nightengale of The Minnesota Star Tribune reports. Minnesota placed Sands on the IL on May 2 due to a right forearm strain, so the Twins appear to be viewing early June as a rough target date for the 28-year-old reliever's return. Before landing on the shelf, Sands had collected one win, one save and three holds while posting a 4.63 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 11:4 K:BB in 11.2 innings across 12 appearances.
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Status
15-Day IL - Forearm - Strain Expected Return: 2026-06-04STATS
Bryson Sands Game Log 2026
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PreseasonDateOppResultIPKBBHBPCGSHOHRER3/23W 9-61.0100001003/20L 2-10.2000000003/16W 5-11.0100000003/12W 8-51.0100002113/10W 6-51.0010000003/6L 4-11.0200000003/3L 5-31.0200000002/27L 17-51.0010003332/24L 10-51.000000000
Preseason Totals 8.272000644 -
Regular SeasonDateOppResultIPKBBHBPCGSHOHRER4/28L 7-10.2100003224/26L 4-20.2000000004/21W 5-32.0300000004/18L 5-41.0000002114/14W 6-01.0100001004/11W 7-41.0000002224/8W 8-60.1100001004/7W 4-20.1020000004/5L 4-12.0100001004/2W 5-10.2000002113/28W 4-11.021000000
Regular Season Totals 8.8930001266
Bryson Sands Splits 2026
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SplitsGSIPWLERAKBBHBPCGHRERSVOSAVGHR
Overall 011.2110.0114001266110.2732Away 05.1100.05100433110.2111Home 06.1010.06300833000.3201Night 05.1100.08300522000.2381Day 06.1010.03100744110.3041vs Lefty 00.0000.04200250000.1432vs Righty 00.0000.072001010000.3330March 01.0000.02100000110.0000April 010.2110.093001266000.2932Opponent vs NYM 0 2.0 1 0 0.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 vs DET 0 0.2 0 0 0.0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.333 0 vs TB 0 2.2 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.125 0 vs TOR 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0.400 1 vs BAL 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0 vs CIN 0 2.0 0 1 0.0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0.286 0 vs BOS 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.250 0 vs KC 0 0.2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0.667 0 vs SEA 0 0.2 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0.600 1 Venue @ Toronto 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0.400 1 @ Minnesota 0 6.1 0 1 0.0 6 3 0 0 8 3 3 0 0 0.320 1 @ New York 0 2.0 1 0 0.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 @ Baltimore 0 1.0 0 0 0.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 0 @ Kansas City 0 0.2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0.667 0 @ Tampa Bay 0 0.2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0
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Bryson Sands: Breaking News
Lands on injured list
The Twins placed Sands on the 15-day injured list Saturday with a right forearm strain, Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic reports. Sands gave up two earned runs in just two-thirds of an inning during his last appearance Tuesday, and he'll now have to wait at least a couple of weeks to redeem himself after coming away from his outing with a forearm injury. John Klein will come up from Triple-A St. Paul to take Sands' place in Minnesota's bullpen.
Stuck with loss against Cincy
Sands (0-1) took the loss Saturday, giving up one run on two hits in the ninth inning as the Twins were downed 5-4 by the Reds. He didn't walk or strike out a batter. None of Minnesota's high-leverage relievers were particularly effective trying to protect the 4-2 lead they got handed by Taj Bradley, and Sands got left holding the bag after allowing a pair of singles that were sandwiched around a sacrifice bunt. Sands headed into the season as the nominal favorite to close for the Twins and did convert his only save chance so far back on March 28, but since then he's collected three holds in eight appearances while posting a 4.91 ERA, 1.64 WHIP and 5:3 K:BB over 7.1 innings.