Dissecting the Twins' Sano signing

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 | Print Entry

Posted by Jorge Arangure Jr.

After months of strained negotiations with several teams, prized shortstop prospect Miguel Angel Sano appears to have come to terms on a $3.15 million deal with the Minnesota Twins.

Initially, the Pittsburgh Pirates appeared to be the front-runners for Sano, but a strained relationship between Sano's family, agent Rob Plummer and the team apparently nixed the deal. Sano was to be the crowning jewel in a renewed Pirates commitment in Latin America. Instead, the failed deal leaves their new recruitment strategy bereft of a big prospect.

Plummer, who has negotiated some of the biggest bonuses in Latin America, can claim another victory.  
 

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  • Jorge Arangure Jorge Aranguré

    Jorge Aranguré Jr. is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine. He joined ESPN in May 2007 after spending three years as a baseball writer for The Washington Post. Previously, he covered baseball for The Bergen Record, in Hackensack, N.J. Aranguré has a B.A. in history from the University of Southern California and a M.A. in journalism from Syracuse University. You can contact him at jorge.arangure@espn3.com or follow him on Twitter: @jorgearangure.

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