Gerald Robert Sands (born September 28, 1987) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman.

He also played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, in the KBO League for the Kiwoom Heroes, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers.

However, he turned it around in 2009, hitting .350 with 14 home runs in 41 games for the Ogden Raptors and earning a berth on the Pioneer League all-star team and a late-season promotion to the Class-A Great Lakes Loons.

He was named Midwest League player of the week three times and selected to appear in the mid-season all-star game.

Sands had his contract purchased by the Dodgers on April 18, 2011, and made his major league debut as the starting left fielder against the Atlanta Braves.

Sands hit his first Major League home run on May 21 off Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox.

Sands spent most of the season with AAA Albuquerque, where he was selected as the designated hitter on the post-season All-PCL All-Star team.

On October 4, the Dodgers traded Sands and Rubby De La Rosa to the Boston Red Sox, completing the blockbuster deal that brought Adrián González, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Nick Punto to the Dodgers in August.

On December 26, the Red Sox traded him (along with Stolmy Pimentel, Mark Melancon and Iván DeJesús, Jr.) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brock Holt and Joel Hanrahan.

[15] On December 5, 2022, the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball announced that Sands had been hired as an international scout.