According to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the Minnesota Twins have signed Dominican shortstop Miguel Angel Sano. Sano will get a $3.15 million dollar bonus. That amount would make it the largest amount of money for an international amateur player this summer/fall. It would be the second highest signing bonus behind his fellow countryman Michael Ynoa, who signed with the Athletics this past winter. The Twins have only given one bigger signing bonus in the team's history and that was to their current catcher, Joe Mauer.
The deal will not be signed until tomorrow. And there will be a clause that could have this deal fall apart. The clause will state that Sano's contract can only be completed if he gets a visa to play in the United States. That will not be easy.á
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Breaking News: Twins Sign Miguel Angel Sano
Posted: 29th September 2009 by Christopher Chavez in MLBComments Off on Breaking News: Twins Sign Miguel Angel Sano