Could an argument be made that Sano is the best prospect in all of baseball?

[diehardtwinsfan]

Agreed, I'd trade the entire Twins organization for a real, live, dragon.

 

Didn't work out so well for the folks in Aastapor and Mereen.

[nicksaviking]

Torii Hunter is a bad comparable to Buxton's ceiling. Try Ricky Henderson for size...

 

Sano's ceiling is higher than Mike Schmidt. Let the kid play and he can break Killebrew's records.

 

That said, here are 2 words to land us all back in reality: Bo Jackson

 

 

Sano's ceiling is higher than the greatest 3B to ever play the game? Even on the off chance that statement were true, it seems much to presumptuous and karma defying to ever be spoken.

[Steve Lein]

I expect Buxton will have at least, more than one 30-30 season and multiple seasons above .900 OPS and OPS+ above 150.

 

I don't think he'll quite have Mike Trout power (30 HR's consistently), but could have a few seasons there. His Slugging Percentage will be a number driven more by his speed (doubles, triples) not his raw power (HR's). I'd like to see him join the 20/20/20 club (doubles, triples, HR's), which I think he could do. Or even the 20/20/20/20 club, adding in stolen bases.

 

20?20?20 club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Pretty good company in that club.

[diehardtwinsfan]

I don't think he'll quite have Mike Trout power (30 HR's consistently), but could have a few seasons there. His Slugging Percentage will be a number driven more by his speed (doubles, triples) not his raw power (HR's). I'd like to see him join the 20/20/20 club (doubles, triples, HR's), which I think he could do. Or even the 20/20/20/20 club, adding in stolen bases.

 

20?20?20 club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Pretty good company in that club.

 

20 triples?

 

I see him more of a 30/40 doubles and 20 HR kind of guy. Great production coming out of CF, even before you account the GG defense to go with it.

[Don't Feed the Greed Guy]

20 triples?

 

I see him more of a 30/40 doubles and 20 HR kind of guy. Great production coming out of CF, even before you account the GG defense to go with it.

 

All I hope is that someday Buxton leads the league in on-base percentage and runs scored, and Sano fills the leaderboard with RBI's. Then we can argue about who's the best.

[Steve Lein]

Yep, 20 triples. Might get that many in the Minors this year. And he has more triples than doubles playing in the bigger FSL stadiums so far.

[Siehbiscuit]

Not to get the buggy too far out in front of the horse, but I think a comparable for Buxton is Ken Griffey Jr. Buxton will soon get his man muscle and his power will start to develop a la Griffey. He may never be of the 40-50 homer seasons like The Kid, but a slash line of .300/.375/.575 for his career seems within reason. At his peak I think his speed will make him a doubles machine. My next closest comparison is actually Kirby Puckett (with a totally different body). May not hit for as high of an average, but more speed.

[Badsmerf]

Wow you guys are really hopeful of Buxton's power. I don't think I've ever seen anyone say he has that much power potential. Like Steve, I'm in the camp of 20 HR, 30 2b and 20 3b. Add 50 SB and you got yourself a pretty potent offensive threat. His .404 OBP in 2013 is what is really impressive right now.

[jokin]

Yep, 20 triples. Might get that many in the Minors this year. And he has more triples than doubles playing in the bigger FSL stadiums so far.

 

Why would anyone doubt this? All one needs to do is look at the video that was posted and discussed on TD where he cruises into third base in about 10 seconds. (Bo Jackson was supposedly the fastest ever on a triple at around 11.5 seconds).

 

http://twinsdaily.com/twins-minor-league-talk/6257-byron-buxton-trout-timeline-10.html

[jokin]

Wow you guys are really hopeful of Buxton's power. I don't think I've ever seen anyone say he has that much power potential. Like Steve, I'm in the camp of 20 HR, 30 2b and 20 3b. Add 50 SB and you got yourself a pretty potent offensive threat. His .404 OBP in 2013 is what is really impressive right now.

 

Actually, he has been cited by many for growing power potential, his power grade has consistently been revised upward. He's also been compared to Willie Mays, who also grew into his full power potential.

 

2012 MLB Draft Prospects: Byron Buxton's Potential Outweighs the Risk | Bleacher Report

[TheLeviathan]

Didn't work out so well for the folks in Aastapor and Mereen.

 

Well yeah, never trust a woman. Duh.

[gunnarthor]

You can certainly make the argument but I think Buxton is still number 1. After tonight, he's got his avg up to .300, his bb/k rate is really impressive and he has, if nothing else, gap power to go along with those tools. But it's a great debate to have.