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He's seemed to have cooled down a bit since arriving in New Britain - but he has hit two homeruns recently, and his batting average is at .150. I'm not expecting him to be as hot as he was in the FSL, but it's still early yet. Sano and Buxton are also headed to the futures All-Star game. John Swol has an interesting article here with notes on Sano, Buxton, and other Twins prospects.

Per Twitter, Miguel Sano has been promoted to AA New Britain Rock Cats. He hit home runs 15 and 16 this weekend, with his BA at .330.

Happy June to you all. Twins have won the last two games against the Mariners, so there's some positivity for you. Off day for Miguel Sano today - Seth Stohs tweeted about it early I think some people were upset he was sitting? Hey, come on, even our superstars need rest. Justin Morneau had the flu today yesterday (or today too, my days are mixed together right now). It happens. (I also hope that embedded right.) Let's look at some numbers, shall we? According to Baseball-Reference (my current best friend on stats), here's what we've got: Batting average: .337 OBP: .431 In 52 games, he has had 190 at bats and still hanging out with 13 homeruns. Seems like he's cooled a bit, but that's okay, we're heading into the heart of the season here. Charley Walters had a great article with the Pioneer Press from a couple days ago asking Terry Ryan about Buxton and Sano. It seems like people REALLY want these guys to come up. I stand by what I said last week - give it time. and that's what TR said, too. No time frame on these guys - be patient, Twins fans!! Enjoy games like today and yesterday! Pretend we don't have to play Detroit or the Yankees or so on. Michael Rand (@RandBall on the twitter machine) posted a blog entry on the Star Tribune site about Buxton being the no. 2 prospect on ESPN.com and Sano being no. 6. Buxton moves up from being no. 22 when the season started to no. 2 and Sano moves from 11 to 6. I haven't been following Buxton TOO much here (since Sano is my guy) but I know he's been tearing it up in Cedar Rapids. I'm tempted to go down and see a game (it's only 5 hours away, you know...) To all the impatient fans out there who want these guys up yesterday, to you I say: be patient. We all survived the huge slump that was the late 90's. We can do it again. Hang in there!

A little delayed, but I am now on summer vacation (woohoo!) so I will be able to stay a little more up to date here. Sano's batting average is at .349 and he hit homers in each of the games against Lakeland last week. Impressive. He is also leading high-A with 13 home runs so far. Most impressive. (Please tell me you guys got the Star Wars references...) I did find this link for Rant Sports, and I'm not sure I fully agree with it. While yes, it would not cause any harm for Sano to have taken Plouffe's spot for the week, I still feel apprehensive since he hasn't played above high-A ball. I know he's totally ripping it up with the Miracle this year and maybe he IS ready, but I feel like promoting him would be hasty. Of course, if he rips it up while in the majors, that would be awesome. But I guess I worry he could go into a rut like Aaron Hicks or other prospects who have come up and not done well. Plus he's still young, so we have plenty of time to see him come up in the next year or two. I guess I want to see him play at least at the Double-A level before the season is over. Maybe a September call up could be interesting, and hopefully boost fan morale a little bit. Here's an article from MLB Trade Rumors, saying how the organization has a strong start for the minor leagues. I guess I would like to see Buxton and Sano as potential candidates for a September call up, but nothing sooner. I know the Twins are back in the AL Central basement with little hopes to get out this year and I know some fans really want these guys up here NOW, but I say: Let's be patient. They will get their chance. I guess with the Twins stinking, I should listen to the Miracle broadcasts more.

Tonight, Miguel had an RBI triple among his multi-RBI, multi-hit night. Miracle are 8-0 against the Stone Crabs. I found a few more links on the sequel documentary "The Miguel Sano Story". They're a couple of weeks old, but still relevant. ESPN story here. Rantsports here. Batting average is at .362 (week ending 5/18). He's leading the FSL with 11 homeruns.

Thanks for keeping the thread going this week, guys - my grandfather passed, so I've haven't been able to get on here. Down on the Farm listed the 5 top prospects, with Sano as #1. The article is here. Buxton is also listed, along with Alex Meyer, Kyle Gibson, and Oswaldo Arcia. I honestly don't see the Price thing working out - I think it's just some smoke that was being blown around last week. Sano has 10 homers in 30 games, and is currently batting .378. I missed out if he missed some games this week - my apologies. ALSO - it is his BIRTHDAY today, so wish him a good one on twitter @SanoMiguel. He is the big 2-0 today. Happy Birthday, Miguel! I'm off to freeze at the game tonight - I'm hoping I'll be able to stay on top of things a bit better next week. Thanks for your patience everyone.

Apologies for the delay in posting this week - May is a busy month at school. I'm still pretty new to following the minor leagues, but can they be called up from ANY of our affiliates? A, AA, AAA, etc? Or do they have to be at a certain location before being called up? I would imagine we may see Buxton and Sano before the season's over. This week he was named Twinkie Town's Minor League Player of the Week and he continues to stay hot, with an average of .364. He's hit 9 homeruns so far on the year. Jason Hunt posted a great article on Sano as well today - check it out here. Today, Baseball Hot Corner posted an article about David Price and how the Twins could lure them into trading Price for Sano and Buxton. I'd really hate to see that happen, because I feel like all offseason it's been, "Don't worry, we have these awesome prospects coming up!" and if we trade them, we'll be let down. That's just my opinion. I'm not against Price at all, he's a great pitcher (and we need decent pitchers, since *cough cough* Worley hasn't been working out that well), but I don't like the idea of building towards the future only to have them be traded away. Any thoughts on this? I guess this is just what I'm thinking currently.

Sano is having a GREAT year so far. All good stuff. He was even the Twins Twitter trivia question this week. It will be interesting to see if he gets moved to AA this year or not. I read an 1500ESPN article on how he could hold his own in the majors right now (article here) and I am curious to see how many homers he'll hit this year. My only concern is his defense - he didn't have a great year last year at 3B (committing 42 errors in 125 games) but I think they've been working with him on that. Not to rag on Trevor Plouffe at all, but I'm excited to see a third baseman come up that has a great bat and can play the bag well. Still looking for more info on the movie and sequel - been a busy week at school...

Baseball America has released their hot sheet for this week and Miguel Sano is #1!! You can read more about it here.

In addition to hitting a grand slam today, Sano is now on a 10 game hitting streak. Batting average is up to .413. (Thanks to Dustin Morse on twitter!) Fort Myers Miracle is now 12-0.

Awesome! I'll post some more tonight - got busy with some after school stuff. You rock, Mr. Ed!

Thanks! He probably will! I hope I am up to the challenge. I think I will be!!

Name: Miguel Sano Position: 3B Height: 6'3 Weight: 195 Bats: Right Throws: Right Signed by the Twins as a non-drafted free agent on October 9, 2009. Hometown: San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic His pre-2013 prospect rating was #12 by MLB.com and #9 by BaseballAmerica.com Other: Is appearing in a film sequel to Pelotero, a documentary by filmmaker Jon Paley. Here's a link with an interview with Paley: Camden Depot: An Interview with Jon Paley on his Miguel Sano film and the DR. (I plan on doing a little more research on this, because I think it's interesting!) Sano is currently batting .395 with a .449 OBP in 43 plates appearances over 11 games. More to come!

I'll take Sano if he's still available. Also brand new to Twins Daily...I'm excited about this Adopt-A-Prospect!!!