The story of how the Pittsburgh failed to sign Miguel Sanó back in 2009 continues to haunt the organizationWhere are the Minnesota Twins without Miguel Sanó? Probably sitting with all the other ends of the sticks,balancing out the ethics of playing September spoiler while trying not to compromise a tall draft position. Instead, the slugging Sanó is a colossal reason the Twins are in with a shot, or just a short hot-streak away from a tall-stakes wildcard date with the Yankees or Blue Jays.
Of course,Minnesota aren’t a one-man team - Sanó wasn’t actually on the field during the Twins magical 20-7 month of May, one in which Paul Molitors Twinkies popped the bubble of pundits who picked them to finish final in the AL Central: he was down in double-A for one final shake of baseball seasoning. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com