Impact Sands was released by Detroit on March 26, but he's since found a new home in San Francisco. He made his debut for Triple-A Sacramento on Sunday, going 0-for-5 with an RBI and three strikeouts.
MAY 21 • ROTOWIRE
Latches on with San Francisco Sands signed a minor-league contract with the Giants.
DFA'd by Tigers The Tigers designated Sands for assignment Friday.
Impact Dropping Sands from the 40-man roster clears room for Shelby Miller, who agreed to a one-year deal with Detroit on Friday. Sands spent most of last season at Triple-A Toledo, where he slashed .225/.318/.353 with 36 RBI across 371 plate appearances.
DECEMBER 22, 2023 • ROTOWIRE
Optioned to Toledo The Tigers optioned Sands to Triple-A Toledo on Friday, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.
Impact Sands slashed just .214/.241/.250 over 29 plate appearances this spring, so he will return to Triple-A and attempt to right himself in the minors. If he can replicate his .841 OPS in Triple-A from last season, he has a decent shot at returning to the big leagues at some point in 2023.
MARCH 24, 2023 • ROTOWIRE
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FEBRUARY 17, 2023 • THEATHLETIC.COM
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Acquired by Tigers Sands, Nick Maton and Matt Vierling were traded from the Phillies to the Tigers on Saturday in exchange for Gregory Soto and Kody Clemens, Jon Morosi of MLB Network reports.
Impact Sands made his big-league debut at age 26 last season but didn't stick around long enough to make an impression, going 0-for-3 with a walk. He hit a strong .308/.413/.428 in 57 Triple-A games, suggesting he has some potential at the plate, especially considering the low offensive bar at catcher. He'll compete with Jake Rogers and Andrew Knapp in spring training to earn the backup catcher job behind Eric Haase.
JANUARY 7, 2023 • ROTOWIRE
Sent to Triple-A Sands was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Tuesday.
Impact The Phillies had been carrying three catchers in the short term, but Sands heads back down after the activation of Nick Castellanos (oblique). Sands was 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout in three games.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Donny Sands Logs Four Hits, Continues Strong Season for Lehigh Valley One of the Phillies’ Catching prospects is off to a blistering start at the plate.
JUNE 29, 2022 • STAR-TELEGRAM.COM
Sent to Triple-A The Phillies optioned Sands to minor-league camp Thursday.
Impact Philadelphia will have two extra active roster spots available through May 1 due to the compressed spring training, but Sands won't stick around as the team's No. 3 catcher behind J.T. Realmuto and Garrett Stubbs. Rather than Sands, Rafael Marchan looks to be the next man up at catcher if something should happen to the top two options on the organizational depth chart.
MARCH 31, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Donny Sands was once homeless. Now he's trying to make the Phillies. CLEARWATER, Fla. — It took Donny Sands three weeks to convince his mother, Alma, to sell her car. The Phillies catching prospect had just bo...
MARCH 25, 2022 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM
Headed to Philadelphia Sands and Nick Nelson were traded from the Yankees to the Phillies on Friday in exchange for Joel Valdez and T.J. Rumfield.
Impact Sands' contract was selected by the Yankees in early November but will now attempt to carve out a role in Philadelphia. He finished the 2021 campaign at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre but could be in the mix for a major-league roster spot at some point in 2022.
NOVEMBER 19, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
