Nick Sandlin DVOA, Advanced Stats, & Fantasy Rankings

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Nick Sandlin (lat) has started a throwing program and is throwing up to 60 feet as of Tuesday. Sandlin was placed on the 15-day injured list on April 20 with a right-lat strain, but he has resumed throwing and could rejoin Toronto's major-league bullpen by the middle of May. The 28-year-old received a platelet-rich plasma injection after landing on the IL. Before his injury, he appeared in 10 games out of the team's bullpen and allowed five runs (two earned) on six hits while walking four and striking out 10 in eight innings. He also picked up his second career save. In four seasons prior with the Cleveland Guardians, Sandlin had a decent 3.27 ERA, a 1.15 WHIP, one save, 223 strikeouts and 92 walks in 209 outings (one start) over 195 1/3 frames. Sandlin is not on the fantasy radar.

The Toronto Blue Jays acquired right-hander Nick Sandlin and second baseman Andres Gimenez from the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday in exchange for outfielder Nick Mitchell and infielder Spencer Horwitz, who was later flipped to the Pittsburgh Pirates for three pitchers. Sandlin, 27, has posted a decent 3.27 ERA (4.41 FIP), a 1.15 WHIP, one save and a 223:92 K:BB in 195 1/3 innings over 209 appearances (one start) in his first four years in the big leagues, all with the Guardians. For the second straight season in 2024, the reliever had a 3.75 ERA while also sporting a 1.27 WHIP, a career-high 68 strikeouts and 27 walks in 57 2/3 frames. The former second-round selection by Cleveland in the 2018 draft out of the University of Mississippi will serve in a middle-relief role for the Jays in 2025 and won't carry much fantasy value.