July 8, 201412 yr For those who were getting excited about the possibilities of Sano this year, here's the plan: LaVelle E. Neal III @LaVelleNeal 16m Miguel Sano will not play minor league games. AFL is out and so is half of winter ball season LaVelle E. Neal III @LaVelleNeal 15m Everyone is pleased with Sano's progress but will be conservative and build him back slowly Mike Berardino @MikeBerardino 15m Miguel Sano has been ruled out from games until December. Will be in "controlled environment" until then, per Rob Antony.
July 8, 201412 yr I'm actually kind of surprised by this. He's a special talent, so by all means do whatever is necessary to bring him back to full health and confidence, even if that means a slower than wished for rehab. I just thought for sure he'd get some late season game action as a DH solely, just to get some timing back and game experience. Let's assume the rehab goes as planned, everything is fine, there are no set backs that could slow his progress. And while there may be rust, and full strength in his very strong arm may take a little while to return 100%, where does he target to open next season? Personally, while the results and overall play and production were very positive at New Britain last season, I don't think we can say he mastered the level yet. I know BA alone isn't a sole qualifier by itself, and he didn't have a healthy ST to show how ready he might have been to try out AAA, but I was initially expecting a return to AA for a month or so before promotion. Even with a strong rehab, with time missed, does he now begin 2015 at Ft Myers? Does he drop all the way to CR to work on timing for a few weeks, then FTM, before a mid-ish season promotion again? Purely speculation at this point, of course.
July 9, 201412 yr Author Let's assume the rehab goes as planned, everything is fine, there are no set backs that could slow his progress. And while there may be rust, and full strength in his very strong arm may take a little while to return 100%, where does he target to open next season? i'm also thinking NB but I suppose it depends a bit on whether he plays in the Dominican Winter League and how he does. If that's a disaster, I could see them starting him out at FM (doubt they'd send him back to CR). I don't think we'll know until we see how he comes out of this.
July 9, 201412 yr I would be very surprised if he didn't start back in NB. He will be in a "controlled" environment but he should still see plenty of live pitching, and assuming all is well they'll give him some winter ball reps. This timetable still makes a June-ish call up possible.
July 9, 201412 yr Well, just when you get your hopes up that next year will be better. It was well known that Sano wont be in a Twins uniform until late 2015 at the earliest. He was only at double AA for half of last year and his fielding has to improve along with his contact.
July 9, 201412 yr I can see him starting next April in Fort Myers because of the weather. Once the weather warms up he moves up. or he could go to New Britain.
July 9, 201412 yr Question. What has Sano been doing to keep himself busy? Seems like with a bum throwing arm, he should still be able to field a boat load of grounders and work that fielding.
July 9, 201412 yr It was well known that Sano wont be in a Twins uniform until late 2015 at the earliest. He was only at double AA for half of last year and his fielding has to improve along with his contact. by by whom was this known?
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