Miguel Sano

righty8383 · July 23, 2012

4 strike outs today. Sano is now 0 for his last 17 with 10 strike outs.

Seth Stohs · August 7, 2012

Sano is hitting well again, .371 over his last 10 games. In his last six games, he is 9-24 (.375) with three doubles, three homers and 10 RBI. He has homered in back-to-back games. I was at the game on Sunday when he hit HR #22. He got a fastball away and drilled it over the fence in right-center field. The fence is probably 370 away, and there is a sign above it. The ball went over that sign too. He hit #23 on Monday night. He did still strike out some over the four games I saw. I thought he did well to lay off some tough sliders down and away. He just-missed a few curve balls. He doesn't miss many fastballs. My opinion of his defense was that he looked much-more prepared pre-pitch. He's only had 2-3 errors since his 3-4 error game 5-6 weeks ago. He also has a rocket for an arm. He runs the bases well and has surprisingly good speed.

Seth Stohs · August 14, 2012

After getting ejected last night, Miguel Sano hit his 24th home run tonight and drove in his 90th run.

Celebrity Weddings! · August 14, 2012

After getting ejected last night, Miguel Sano hit his 24th home run tonight and drove in his 90th run.

To clarify, he was ejected in one game and then hit a homerun in his next?

Because I was picturing a Bobby Valentine-esque Groucho disguise situation when I first read this, which I'm pretty sure should automatically bump Sano up about a dozen spots on prospect lists.

Seth Stohs · August 14, 2012

After getting ejected last night, Miguel Sano hit his 24th home run tonight and drove in his 90th run.

To clarify, he was ejected in one game and then hit a homerun in his next?

Correct... ejected one night, homered the following night. Ha!

Seth Stohs · August 15, 2012

A Tweet from Jorge Aragnure regarding Sano's winter league team...

Jorge Arangure ‏@jorgearangure

Miguel Angel Sano was the first pick of the Dominican winter league draft. Will play for Estrellas Orientales #twins

Seth Stohs · August 18, 2012

Hit home run #26 tonight. ESPN.com's Keith Law tweeted that it was a blast over the batters' eye in centerfield.

On the season, he is now hitting .262/.382/.526 (.907) with 25 doubles, four triples, 26 home runs and 92 RBI. In 499 plate appearances, he has 75 walks and 132 strikeouts. He sits at 39 errors on the season at 3B.

greengoblinrulz · August 18, 2012

Since All Star Break...48gms .300/.426/.581 48runs 11doubles 2triples 10HR 42RBI 47k 36bb

getting better all around with the bat.

.364/.446/.782 in 15 Aug gms (55ABs)

twinstalker · August 18, 2012

Whatever happened to Miguel changing his last name to Jean instead of Sano? I haven't once heard him referred to as Miguel Jean since he said he was changing it.

I suspect if you look real hard when in the DR, you'll find someone age 19 who's name is Miguel Sano. If in doing so you you also come across some Jeans, you might want to check for letters and wired payments from Florida, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

But then the name thing is always funky within the hispanic culture. A friend of mine from CR introduced herself by one name, then starting using another. The maternal/paternal surnames are pretty inconsistent in the culture from our perspective.

Mr. Ed · August 19, 2012

#26 for Sano Sunday. Error #41 Saturday night.

righty8383 · August 26, 2012

Did something happen to Sano last night? He was pulled in the top of the 7th and is not in the game tonight.

Jim Crikket · August 26, 2012

I can only say that Sano was stretching and playing catch with teammates before the game tonight and looked fine.

righty8383 · August 26, 2012

Good to know, thanks

Seth Stohs · August 27, 2012

Sano returned to the lineup on Sunday afternoon in Cedar Rapids. He went 4-6 with a walk, two doubles (28), his 27th home run and 3 RBI. He also stole his eighth base of the year. His 3 RBI gives him 97 on the season.

Seth Stohs · August 29, 2012

Today, Miguel Sano was named to the Midwest League's postseason All Star team. He was also named the league's prospect of the year.

Mr. Ed · August 29, 2012

Congrats to Sano. Hopefully FM is just a brief stop next year.

Seth Stohs · September 3, 2012

Today, in the final game of the regular season, Sano hit his 28th home run, a solo blast that gave him 100 RBI, a very nice milestone number.

Seth Stohs · September 4, 2012

Here is the game article with quotes from Sano (through translator Tim Shibuya) on reaching 100 RBI. http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120903&content_id=37831570&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&tcid=tw_share

Seth Stohs · September 6, 2012

A nice Perfect Game article on Sano, the movie and how much he's grown over the year. I like the part when Nelson Prada mentions that Sano had 30 errors in the first half and just 11 in the second half. They had him start taking ground balls at SS during batting practice which really helped his range at 3B as well.

http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=7615

kab21 · September 8, 2012

there's a nice video of sano at the above link. Despite his high strikeout rates I don't see a long swing. I see a relatively compact, powerful swing. I also see less up and down head movement than a video from 2 years ago. He still dips his head/shoulders a little when he triggers his swing but mostly it's front to back body movement. tbh - I'm surprised that his swing hit 28 HR's since he's not overswinging at all. that really shows how much raw power he has and why he's ranked so highly.

note - I don't watch a lot of video and someone more knowledgeable could have a different (better) analysis.

Seth Stohs · October 3, 2012

Tweet from Peter Gammons this afternoon: "As a longtime admirer of most things Twins, am happy to get 3 Miggy Cabrera comps on Miggy Sano in the Instructional League"

Seth Stohs · December 15, 2012

Check out Miguel Sano's 4th home run last night in the Dominican Winter League.

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Teflon · December 15, 2012

I knew Sano was getting big, but he seems to be getting Delmon Young kind of big now. Looks like he's proficient at hitting taters as well as possibly consuming taters.

jokin · December 19, 2012

I knew Sano was getting big, but he seems to be getting Delmon Young kind of big now. Looks like he's proficient at hitting taters as well as possibly consuming taters.

Miguel seems to definitely like him some home-cooking. Sure, he's approaching Delmon-like girth now, but he's only 19. At this rate he's on pace to be the next Big Papi or Prince Fielder. Doesn't look good long-term for him playing much 3B in the majors. Hopefully, TR has a nutritionist on call in Fort Meyers.

jokin · December 19, 2012

Check out Miguel Sano's 4th home run last night in the Dominican Winter League.

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Hey Seth! Did you notice that Samuel Deduno got the win against Sano's team that night? He went 6IP/4H/1BB/9K. For the season he's pitched in 5 games, 20 Innings, 26Ks/9BBs...and get this.....0.00 ERA. If you can get a report or know if he's pitching in the WBC, it would be much appreciated!

Sano's numbers after a small sample of 18 games are nearly ridiculous:

317/431/683/1114

Edit: Mea culpa, I just saw your article. Still, what's the buzz on Deduno offseason, going into next season?

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