I believe that Injury will be the spark of Sano's arrival. 

 

If Plouffe is killing it and Sano is Killing it in Rochester.  

 

Sano will arrive when Plouffe, Mauer or Vargas gets hurt. 

 

If Sano continues to kill it in the Majors during this injury time... Not only will Plouffe have to be killing it.

 

Vargas will also have to be killing it.

 

If everyone is killing it... The Twins will then have to get creative and find a way to get all who are killing it (including Sano) into the lineup. 

 

And under that circumstance... Sano will be a welcome addition to the club for the playoffs. Kinda Like Trading for Pablo Sandoval at the deadline. 

 

If Plouffe and Sano and Killing it... It's all good... No one has to be traded.

 

The only worry is that Plouffe gets worn out from playing a full game at the All-Star Game.

 

All teams should strive for 25 players who are killing it.

Escobar isn't a superstar, but if we're comparing seasons, his MLB numbers in his age 24 and 25 seasons were better than Plouffe's age 24 and 25 MLB seasons. Note: this doesn't mean I think he will hit more than the 24 home runs Plouffe hit in his age 26 season, or that I think Escobar is better than Plouffe. However, Escobar is on a nice trend for his age and I'm happy he's on the team. At worst, he's a better overall Nick Punto. At best, he may continue the positive trend he showed last year.

Escobar isn't a superstar, but if we're comparing seasons, his MLB numbers in his age 24 and 25 seasons were better than Plouffe's age 24 and 25 MLB seasons. Note: this doesn't mean I think he will hit more than the 24 home runs Plouffe hit in his age 26 season, or that I think Escobar is better than Plouffe. However, Escobar is on a nice trend for his age and I'm happy he's on the team. At worst, he's a better overall Nick Punto. At best, he may continue the positive trend he showed last year.

until Escobar dives head first into 1B on a possible single (or even a clear single to the OF) he'll never be better than Punto :-)