Most hearalded Latin American prospect in years signs with.......

[Gerk]

The Minnesota Twins

Not typical of this organization, hopefully a sign of things to come.


The most heralded Latin American prospect in recent years, Miguel Angel Sano, has come to terms with the Minnesota Twins for a $3.15 million signing bonus.

The signing bonus would be the highest paid to a Latin American position player outside of Cuba, and second only to the $4.25 million the Oakland Athletics paid lefthander Michel Ynoa last year. The bonus would be slightly more than the Twins spent on 70 international prospects from 2006-08 combined, according to a database maintained by SI.

The signing presumably marks the end of a nearly three-month ordeal for Sano. He was expected to sign on July 2, the first day Latin American prospects who are 16 years old by Aug. 31 of that year are eligible to sign. But Sano's 6-3, 190-pound build, prodigious power at the plate, and San Pedro de Macoris birthplace -- a hotbed of baseball-related document fraud -- made some teams skittish about spending the millions of dollars necessary to sign him.

[nolesfan08]

yeah I read this somewhere yesterday Gerk, surprised the hell outta me to come from the Twins, hopefully it will pay off for you in the long run

[chibob]

Hope he makes Kenny's ass quiver