Bryson Sands: Everything you need to know

Bryson Sands

#44 RP

Status

15-Day IL - Forearm - Strain Expected Return: 2026-05-13

STATS

Preseason
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
3/23	BOS	W 9-6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3/20	TOR	L 2-1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/16	PIT	W 5-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/12	BOS	W 8-5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
3/10	TB	W 6-5	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/6	ATL	L 4-1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/3	TB	L 5-3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2/27	NYY	L 17-5	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	3
2/24	BAL	L 10-5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Preseason Totals			8.2	7	2	0	0	0	6	4	4

Regular Season
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
4/28	SEA	L 7-1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	2
4/26	TB	L 4-2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/21	NYM	W 5-3	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/18	CIN	L 5-4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
4/14	BOS	W 6-0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4/11	TOR	W 7-4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
4/8	DET	W 8-6	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4/7	DET	W 4-2	0.1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/5	TB	L 4-1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4/2	KC	W 5-1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
3/28	BAL	W 4-1	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Regular Season Totals			8.8	9	3	0	0	0	12	6	6

Splits	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	HBP	CG	H	R	ER	SVO	S	AVG	HR
Overall	0	11.2	1	1	0.0	11	4	0	0	12	6	6	1	1	0.273	2
Away	0	5.1	1	0	0.0	5	1	0	0	4	3	3	1	1	0.211	1
Home	0	6.1	0	1	0.0	6	3	0	0	8	3	3	0	0	0.320	1
Night	0	5.1	1	0	0.0	8	3	0	0	5	2	2	0	0	0.238	1
Day	0	6.1	0	1	0.0	3	1	0	0	7	4	4	1	1	0.304	1
vs Lefty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	4	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0.143	2
vs Righty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	7	2	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0.333	0
March	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.000	0
April	0	10.2	1	1	0.0	9	3	0	0	12	6	6	0	0	0.293	2
Opponent
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

Bryson Sands: Breaking News

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.

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.

Sands walked one and struck out two over a scoreless and hitless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Orioles. The Twins' closer competition was one to watch during spring training, and manager Derek Shelton called on Sands in the ninth inning for Minnesota's first save opportunity. The situation will likely remain fluid, but Sands appears to be the preferred choice out of the gates to begin the 2026 season.