Jerry Sands may be a longshot bet to have success with the Hanshin Tigers this season, but Korean pro baseball's 2019 RBI leader has a history of bucking long odds.
Sands turned pro after being selected in the 25th round of Major League Baseball's 2008 amateur draft, and before joining Korea Baseball Organization's Nexen Heroes (now the Kiwoom Heroes) midway through the 2018 season, he played in 156 major league games.
That might not seem like a lot, but just 27 of the 300 players taken in the 25th round between 2000 and 2009 reached the majors at all.