Comments on: Miguel Sano is the 33rd Best Prospect in Baseball http://puckettspond.com/2011/12/05/miguel-sano-is-the-33rd-best-prospect-in-baseball/ A Minnesota Twins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: NathanielStoltz http://puckettspond.com/2011/12/05/miguel-sano-is-the-33rd-best-prospect-in-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-2146 NathanielStoltz Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:54:45 +0000 http://puckettspond.com/?p=6802#comment-2146 Just so I can clear up the ambiguity in that ending bit, yes, we did rank Sano highest among Twins prospects. Rosario was the last position player cut from the list, as there are some reservations about how much the easy Appalachian League environment was for him; scouts still project him to just have average power despite the homer outburst. Joe Benson and Oswaldo Arcia were also considered for the list, and would likely have been included in a top 200. The other negative besides his defense that pushed Sano down to 33rd was his high strikeout totals--there's some concern he'll struggle to keep his average over .250. Obviously, as you said, he also has yet to face adversity, and he still has a long way to go to get to the big leagues. Certainly, he has the upside to move toward the top 10 if he continues to excel at higher levels and corrects some of his flaws. Thanks for the link and the analysis--we always appreciate it! Just so I can clear up the ambiguity in that ending bit, yes, we did rank Sano highest among Twins prospects. Rosario was the last position player cut from the list, as there are some reservations about how much the easy Appalachian League environment was for him; scouts still project him to just have average power despite the homer outburst. Joe Benson and Oswaldo Arcia were also considered for the list, and would likely have been included in a top 200.

The other negative besides his defense that pushed Sano down to 33rd was his high strikeout totals–there’s some concern he’ll struggle to keep his average over .250. Obviously, as you said, he also has yet to face adversity, and he still has a long way to go to get to the big leagues. Certainly, he has the upside to move toward the top 10 if he continues to excel at higher levels and corrects some of his flaws.

Thanks for the link and the analysis–we always appreciate it!

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