How's Miguel Sano doing in his bid for MLB comeback?

[RpR]

How's Miguel Sano doing in his bid for MLB comeback? (msn.com)

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Sano reportedly held workouts before the 2023 season but went unsigned. Any team that gives him another shot could probably ink him to a minor-league deal and see what happens. He hit 34 homers in 2019 and 30 more in 2021, so if he's making contact there's a pretty decent chance he'll hit the ball over the wall. 

By the way, Estrellas Orientales has quite the roster in the D.R. In addition to Sano and Tatis, former MLB stars Robinson Cano and Yasiel Puig are on the team. 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

1 hour ago, RpR said:

How's Miguel Sano doing in his bid for MLB comeback? (msn.com)

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Sano reportedly held workouts before the 2023 season but went unsigned. Any team that gives him another shot could probably ink him to a minor-league deal and see what happens. He hit 34 homers in 2019 and 30 more in 2021, so if he's making contact there's a pretty decent chance he'll hit the ball over the wall. 

By the way, Estrellas Orientales has quite the roster in the D.R. In addition to Sano and Tatis, former MLB stars Robinson Cano and Yasiel Puig are on the team. 

You buried the lede… this is in response to a Parker Hageman Tweet “launching sloppy taters”

[RpR]

1 minute ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

You buried the lede… this is in response to a Parker Hageman Tweet “launching sloppy taters”

Read the article.🙄

[ashbury]

It's just sad.

[Doctor Gast]

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so if he's making contact there's a pretty decent chance he'll hit the ball over the wall. 

I've said it before & I'll say it again, Sano is so strong that he doesn't need to focus on hitting HRs, he needs to focus on making contact. Because "anything he makes contact with is going over the fence". It doesn't matter if it goes 500+ or a line drive that clears the fence. What's the difference is the SOs that come instead of hits in clutch situations that come from HR every pitch mentality but Sano has gotten so bad that he strikes out all the time. I'd love it if a trainer would sit down with him, work with him & try to get that mindset that has been instilled in his mind, out of him & get him to focus on making contact.  It might not be too late.

[CRF]

I'll admit that I never was the biggest Sano fan. I honestly couldn't wait for him to be gone. I also have no idea what "sloppy taters" actually means, but I think Sano's ship has sailed. It's really a shame too. He could have been a very solid, productive player. I'm not smart enough to know exactly why that didn't happen. If it was his work ethic, or whatever the reason. I don't know if he'll ever get a shot in the majors again. 

[Doctor Wu]

6 minutes ago, CRF said:

I'll admit that I never was the biggest Sano fan. I honestly couldn't wait for him to be gone. I also have no idea what "sloppy taters" actually means, but I think Sano's ship has sailed. It's really a shame too. He could have been a very solid, productive player. I'm not smart enough to know exactly why that didn't happen. If it was his work ethic, or whatever the reason. I don't know if he'll ever get a shot in the majors again. 

I'm not sure if he'll get the chance either. It doesn't sound like he has made any sort of remarkable turnaround. Maybe it's a question of too much too soon, and he got lazy. He turns 31 in May, so he ain't a strong candidate for a quick rebound. But yeah, overall it's a shame, because he seemed to have real potential. 

[Riverbrian]

I'm not sure what is going on with Sano. 

Went from 532 Plate Appearances and 30 dingers in 2021

to

Basically a lost season due to injury in 2022

to

Contract Bought out for 2.75 million dollars in 2023 and not a single team offering a minor league deal for a guy who hit 30 home runs in his last healthy season.  

The plummet from grace was meteor speed.  

 

[ashbury]

I'm less inclined to attribute anything to his mental makeup, and wonder if the problem is in his eyesight.  The young Sano I remember had a remarkable ability to spit on pitches the pitcher wanted him to swing at.

[laloesch]

I don't think he'll get another chance either.  He's 31.  That's late in a career to be trying to make a comeback.  Sano was his own worst enemy.  He also seemed to lack the ability to adapt as teams adapted to his hitting approach, plus the poor plate discipline, and laziness.  He sealed his own fate.  It's sad and we wish him all the best if really tries to comeback, but the fact that no team offered him a minor league contract.....well it is what it is.  He got his millions and now he's set for life.  

[Ryan Atkins]

5 hours ago, ashbury said:

I'm less inclined to attribute anything to his mental makeup, and wonder if the problem is in his eyesight.  The young Sano I remember had a remarkable ability to spit on pitches the pitcher wanted him to swing at.

Yes. I distinctly remember hearing what a good eye he had coming up and drawing lots of walks. Seems like he abandoned all plate discipline or, as you say, could even be a vision issue. In any case, his Dominican Winter League numbers are not good and I'm afraid he is done. Maybe Nelson Cruz (in his new advisory role) can convince the Dodgers to offer a minor league make-good deal.

[twinfan]

10 hours ago, Doctor Gast said:

I've said it before & I'll say it again, Sano is so strong that he doesn't need to focus on hitting HRs, he needs to focus on making contact. Because "anything he makes contact with is going over the fence". It doesn't matter if it goes 500+ or a line drive that clears the fence. What's the difference is the SOs that come instead of hits in clutch situations that come from HR every pitch mentality but Sano has gotten so bad that he strikes out all the time. I'd love it if a trainer would sit down with him, work with him & try to get that mindset that has been instilled in his mind, out of him & get him to focus on making contact.  It might not be too late.

If he wouldn't listen to Cruz, I doubt he would listen to anyone else. I liked Sano but cringed every time he could not hit a curve breaking outside.

[Linus]

9 hours ago, ashbury said:

I'm less inclined to attribute anything to his mental makeup, and wonder if the problem is in his eyesight.  The young Sano I remember had a remarkable ability to spit on pitches the pitcher wanted him to swing at.

I agree. People naturally want to attribute his decline to negative personal attributes. My theory for what it is worth is that as fastball velocities increased Sano couldn’t adjust especially fastballs up in the zone. He could handle the sinkers down but just didn’t have the bat speed to catch up to the new age velocity up in the zone. 

[Battle ur tail off]

23 hours ago, ashbury said:

I'm less inclined to attribute anything to his mental makeup, and wonder if the problem is in his eyesight.  The young Sano I remember had a remarkable ability to spit on pitches the pitcher wanted him to swing at.

This, when he came up, the first thing I noticed after his first dozen or better games was how he made the pitcher throw him a hittable strike, or took a walk. 

Advanced found some holes in his swing inside the strike zone on fastballs. They exploited this to perfection and he was left with a season and a half of 0-2, 1-2, 2-2 counts and forced to always chase the slider outside. He never figured out how to beat this and since that happened, he was close to an automatic out.

[nicksaviking]

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