1. Miguel Sano, 3B 05/11/1993 Height: 6′ 3″ Weight: 195 – Sano was signed by the Minnesota Twins as an International Free agent on Oct 9th, 2009. After a successful debut in 2010 in the Dominican Summer League, he made his way state side to finish off an impressive season as a 17-year-old in the Gulf Coast League. In 2011, as an 18-year-old, Sano found himself in the Appalachian league against recently drafted college talent. The result was nothing short of spectacular. Sano had a triple slash of .292/.352/.637. That gave him an outrageous .345 ISoP for the season. His 77/23 K/BB rate needs some improvement, but it’s not bad for what you would expect from a kid from the Dominican learning to adjust to playing in the states. He committed 26 errors in 54 games between shortstop and third base. Check out Tom Belmont’s Prospect Instinct| Miguel Sano article.
Our Instinct: Sano is a big kid with a big bat. He hit 20 HRs in 267 at bats off of college pitchers. He’s out grown shortstop and I think he’s going to out grow 3B. He looks to me like a power hitting 1B. Where’s the problem with that? The comparisons to Miguel Cabrera are accurate, however I don’t think he sticks at 3B as long as Miggy did. If the likes of Harper and Trout are off the prospect charts going into 2013, there’s no reason to think Sano won’t challenge the likes of Texas Rangers SS Jurickson Profar as the top prospect in baseball.
the rest of the list... http://baseballinstinct.com/2011/12/24/minnesota-twins-2012-top-10-prospects-list/#more-16439
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