Nick Sandlin

Bats R Throws R5'11" 175 lbBorn 1997 Evans, USADebut 2021Team TORDraft 2018 R2 #67 Cleveland Guardians, Southern Mississippi

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	133	24.5	9.7	3.18	19.9	6.17	104.7
2027							105.5
2028							104.8

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 105 PITCH+ the next season; 5 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Ryan Cook	2015	109.8	did not play
2	Matthew Bowman	2019	108.1	did not play
3	Aaron Loup	2016	105.7	101.2	265
4	Daniel Bard	2013	110.5	did not play
5	Garrett Whitlock	2024	107.2	120.3	293
6	Troy Patton	2014	107.1	did not play
7	Matt Capps	2012	106.2	did not play
8	Luis Avilan	2018	109.9	93.9	141
9	Mike Morin	2019	104.1	149.0	12
10	Kevin Quackenbush	2017	103.7	58.6	45

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									133				105.5
2026*									40				75.3	100.1	75.5
2025	TOR	0	2	2.20	19	0	1	16.3	69	2	8	16	108.9	102.1	111.0
2024	CLE	8	0	3.75	68	1	1	57.7	246	12	27	68	95.6	101.5	97.1
2023	CLE	5	5	3.75	61	0	0	60.0	239	12	24	66	109.8	102.2	112.0
2022	CLE	5	2	2.25	46	0	0	44.0	180	2	24	41	115.4	102.5	118.0
2021	CLE	1	1	2.94	34	0	0	33.7	141	2	17	48	114.3	103.6	117.9
Career		19	10	3.19	228	1	2	211.7	875	30	100	239	107.6		109.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TOR	P	19	16	2	0	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2024	CLE	P	68	58	1	9	0	1	1.000	+0.5
2023	CLE	P	61	60	5	7	0	0	1.000	+0.7
2022	CLE	P	46	44	2	6	1	2	0.889	+0.6
2021	CLE	P	34	34	0	4	0	1	1.000	+0.6

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Pit	26	6.1 IP, 15% K	1.48
2026	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Pit	145	34.0 IP, 29% K	3.71
2026	AAA	nan	Pit	171	40.1 IP, 27% K	3.37
2019	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	37	9.0 IP, 30% K	4.00
2019	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	75	17.1 IP, 36% K	1.58
2018	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	23	4.1 IP, 30% K	10.98
2018	A+	Lynchburg Hillcats	Pit	25	6.1 IP, 40% K	1.48
2018	A	Lake County Captains	Pit	38	10.1 IP, 39% K	1.78

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.472	0.409	0.365	0.547
2025	0.240	0.372	0.259	0.388
2024	0.318	0.368	0.336	0.357
2023	0.287	0.295	0.300	0.285
2022	0.307	0.235	0.253	0.266
2021	0.283	0.288	0.333	0.238

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2022	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	1	1	5.00
Career	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	1	1	5.00