Miguel Sano's Struggles

You can really see his weight gain in these pictures, too.

I would assume the more mass there is on his body, the harder it is to keep his hands inside.

Simple.  He needs to get in shape and buy some eyeglasses.

I would assume the more mass there is on his body, the harder it is to keep his hands inside.

I would assume so too, but then again I'm no batting expert. I defer to Parker's impressive analysis of Sano and his struggles. I think the lingering leg problems that he mentioned could be one of the keys.

Conditioning and weight are relative to each persons body. There just is no way around the extra 30 lbs. Sano is carrying. It's not whether the leg injury was the cause of the gain or his lifestyle, it's the 30 lbs. and I totally agree, if his leg is still week and it may easily be, you don't hit well on bad pins. I broke my fibula in Jan. The bone is healed but the leg isn't close to normal strength yet. And that's the small bone.

They are busting him in and he can't do much about it.

Look, I am not saying this is THE issue, but it's hard to get around the fact that he isn't in very good shape and he came off micro fracture surgery.  HIs quick twitch muscle reaction just isn't what it was.  This has reeked havoc on his confidence and ability to handle those pitches and that has an affect on what Parker calls pitch recognition.  His conditioning and mindset go hand and hand and those two things are the root cause for a lot of his issues.  If that questions his work ethic or character as a ballplayer then so be it.

I have been a huge Sano backer since I saw Pelotero Ballplayer.  I have been rooting for him and even when the allegations came through this winter I was still in his corner. Right now it is hard to brush off how he got to where he is.  It is more to do with his own inactivity and overconfidence he had in coming back from the surgery without doing the work necessary.  

Life is a series of choices. I’ve been a big supporter of Sano and given him a pass on his weight. Now it’s clear that he is very immature and not very disciplined. Miguel talks a good game but he is clearly not backing up the words. From the accusations of sexual misconduct to not being able to step away from the dinner table to swinging at the same out of the zone pitches over and over it’s apparent he has a very long way to go. I hope he makes it but it will take major life changes for it to happen.

Someday Miguel Sano will get back in decent shape. Then, he will be able to play baseball at a high level. 

Someday Miguel Sano will get back in decent shape. Then, he will be able to play baseball at a high level. 

Maybe.  Some people do some don't.

Sano's issues are from the neck up; not the neck down. Does he have the burning desire to play baseball at the highest level or would he be content to go home to the DR and live happily there after? No more complicated than that. Only those who really know Sano can answer that and batting analysis does no good unless that question is answered.

If you're a fangraphs guy, you have seen that the Twins have gotten $42.7M in value from Sano while paying him $1.7M. He's not due free agency money for another four years and he is only 25.

He came back from Tommy John surgery and he is still recovering from leg surgery.

If you are worried about his future, you're erasing a lot of history.

Conditioning and weight are relative to each persons body. There just is no way around the extra 30 lbs. Sano is carrying. It's not whether the leg injury was the cause of the gain or his lifestyle, it's the 30 lbs. and I totally agree, if his leg is still week and it may easily be, you don't hit well on bad pins. I broke my fibula in Jan. The bone is healed but the leg isn't close to normal strength yet. And that's the small bone.

30?  If he is at 300 lbs. per reports he's probably closer to 40-50 pounds overweight.