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Next up? Miguel Sano reportedly gets called up to the Twins

Mike Oz
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At this rate, we're going to run out of high-profile prospects! OK, not really, but baseball's year of prospect continues with another big bat headed to the big leagues.

Miguel Sano, the freakish third baseman in the Minnesota Twins organization, is the latest to get the call, reports MLB.com's Rhett Bollinger. After losing 2-1 to the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday, the Twins sent Kennys Vargas to Double-A, a move that had some mouths in Minnesota watering for Sano. And it will be so, reportedly.

Sano is a 22-year-old from the Dominican Republic who swings a big stick. He stands 6-foot-5 and weighs 240 pounds, so he's very much an imposing physical specimen. Sano had been crushing the ball in Double-A lately, hitting .329 in June with a 1.090 OPS and six homers.

There was a lot of hype surrounding Sano after his 2013 season, in which he hit 35 homers and drove in 103 runs. He missed all of 2014 after needing Tommy John surgery (yes, position players need it sometimes too), so the hype train got delayed a bit.

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Prior to this season, both Sano and fellow Twins prospect Byron Buxton figured to be bright spots in the future, as two of the top prospects in the game. Neither were great bets to reach the big leagues this year, but the Twins have been better than expected (currently 41-37 and second in the AL Central), so they figured the future is now. Buxton was called up to the big leagues two weeks ago, but has already landed on the disabled list.

Now we get Sano, who is expected mostly to DH for the Twins. As Bollinger notes, the Twins need some power in the middle of their lineup. And power is something Sano knows.

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