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Miguel Sanó 1B
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Scouted by Jason Parks (Jul 2, 2013)
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Birth Date	5-11-1993
Height	6' 4"
Weight	272 lbs

Age	31 years, 10 months, 26 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: 1.82015
: 2.02016
: 1.92017
: 0.22018
: 2.12019
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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2015	MIN	22	80	335	75	17	1	18	53	119	1	1	1	.269	.385	.530	142	17.4	-4.0	-0.4	1.8
2016	MIN	23	116	495	103	22	1	25	54	178	1	1	0	.236	.319	.462	102	2.5	2.0	4.7	2.0
2017	MIN	24	114	483	112	15	2	28	54	173	4	0	0	.264	.352	.507	119	12.6	-2.0	-4.7	1.9
2018	MIN	25	71	299	53	14	0	13	31	115	0	0	0	.199	.281	.398	83	-5.2	-1.0	0.1	0.2
2019	MIN	26	105	439	94	19	2	34	55	159	3	0	1	.247	.346	.576	128	17.9	-2.5	-3.8	2.5
Career			486	2051	437	87	6	118	247	744	9	2	2	.245	.338	.498	115	45.3	-7.6	-4.1	8.4

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2010	TWI	Rk	GCL	41	161	.242	.302	.339	.382	107	4	5.8	1	118	0	-0.7	-2.5	-2.9	0.1
2011	ELZ	Rk	APP	66	293	.261	.332	.403	.339	101	22.2	9.2	1.5	155	0	5.4	3.4	1.1	2.0
2012	BLT	A	MID	129	553	.260	.327	.392	.307	100	26.1	16.3	2.1	143	0	-3.2	1.9	24.5	4.2
2012	EST	Wnt	DWL	20	59	.000	.000	.000	.310			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	FTM	A+	FSL	56	243	.264	.328	.386	.397	100	27.6	7.1	1	182	0	-2.9	2.8	15.4	2.4
2013	NBR	AA	EAS	67	276	.256	.325	.390	.265	98	14.5	7.5	0.9	137	0	0.4	-0.9	6.0	1.5
2015	MIN	MLB	AL	80	335	.248	.309	.397	.396	109	17.3	9.0	-5	142	11	-0.4	-4.0	17.4	1.8
2015	CHT	AA	SOU	66	286	.255	.330	.381	.315	104	19	7.7	0.8	142	0	-1.1	1.0	7.2	1.7
2015	EST	Wnt	DWL	15	64	.000	.000	.000	.289			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2016	MIN	MLB	AL	116	495	.256	.320	.420	.329	113	-0.1	14.0	-3.6	102	8	4.7	2.0	2.5	2.0
2016	ROC	AAA	INT	8	30	.238	.304	.390	.154	99	-0.9	0.8	-0.1	80	0	-0.7	0.2	-1.0	-0.1
2017	MIN	MLB	AL	114	483	.261	.326	.433	.375	109	12.1	14.1	-1.1	119	9	-4.7	-2.0	12.6	1.9
2018	MIN	MLB	AL	71	299	.251	.315	.417	.286	105	-7.6	8.4	-0.3	83	8	0.1	-1.0	-5.2	0.2
2018	FTM	A+	FSL	19	77	.244	.319	.353	.463	100	5.8	2.2	-0.4	169	0	0.4	0.2	5.0	0.8
2018	ROC	AAA	INT	9	36	.259	.326	.397	.300	94	1.8	1.1	-0.3	130	0	1.5	0.2	1.1	0.4
2019	MIN	MLB	AL	105	439	.255	.324	.442	.319	100	24.5	13.3	0.5	128	7	-3.8	-2.5	17.9	2.5
2019	FTM	A+	FSL	2	7	.231	.295	.347	.750	93	3.6	0.2	0	234	0	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.1
2019	PEN	AA	SOU	5	23	.212	.294	.313	.214	89	0.3	0.6	0	73	0	-0.2	0.0	-0.5	0.0
2019	ROC	AAA	INT	3	14	.256	.315	.427	.667	110	-0.1	0.5	0.1	72	0	0.0	-0.3	-0.5	0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2010	TWI	Rk	GCL	161	148	23	43	14	0	4	69	19	10	43	2	2	.291	.338	.466	.176	1	1
2011	ELZ	Rk	APP	293	267	58	78	18	7	20	170	59	23	77	5	4	.292	.352	.637	.345	1	0
2012	BLT	A	MID	553	457	75	118	28	4	28	238	100	80	144	8	3	.258	.373	.521	.263	8	0
2012	EST	Wnt	DWL	59	49	11	13	3	0	4	28	14	8	17	1	0	.265	.373	.571	.306	1	0
2013	NBR	AA	EAS	276	233	35	55	15	3	19	133	55	36	81	2	1	.236	.344	.571	.335	3	0
2013	FTM	A+	FSL	243	206	51	68	15	2	16	135	48	29	61	9	2	.330	.424	.655	.325	2	0
2015	EST	Wnt	DWL	64	54	6	13	4	0	2	23	6	8	15	0	0	.241	.344	.426	.185	1	0
2015	CHT	AA	SOU	286	241	55	66	18	1	15	131	48	38	68	5	1	.274	.374	.544	.270	4	0
2015	MIN	MLB	AL	335	279	46	75	17	1	18	148	52	53	119	1	1	.269	.385	.530	.262	2	0
2016	MIN	MLB	AL	495	437	57	103	22	1	25	202	66	54	178	1	0	.236	.319	.462	.227	3	0
2016	ROC	AAA	INT	30	25	3	4	1	0	2	11	2	5	10	0	0	.160	.300	.440	.280	0	0
2017	MIN	MLB	AL	483	424	75	112	15	2	28	215	77	54	173	0	0	.264	.352	.507	.243	1	0
2018	ROC	AAA	INT	36	30	2	8	1	0	2	15	5	6	8	0	0	.267	.389	.500	.233	0	0
2018	FTM	A+	FSL	77	64	11	21	2	0	2	29	12	13	21	0	0	.328	.442	.453	.125	0	0
2018	MIN	MLB	AL	299	266	32	53	14	0	13	106	41	31	115	0	0	.199	.281	.398	.199	2	0
2019	ROC	AAA	INT	14	13	2	4	2	0	0	6	1	1	7	0	0	.308	.357	.462	.154	0	0
2019	PEN	AA	SOU	23	20	1	4	2	0	1	9	5	1	7	0	0	.200	.217	.450	.250	2	0
2019	FTM	A+	FSL	7	5	1	4	0	0	1	7	3	1	0	0	0	.800	.857	1.400	.600	0	0
2019	MIN	MLB	AL	439	380	76	94	19	2	34	219	79	55	159	0	1	.247	.346	.576	.329	1	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2015	1426	0.4579	0.4039	0.5885	0.5865	0.2497	0.7441	0.2798	0.4115	-0.0027
2016	2097	0.4559	0.4096	0.6426	0.5973	0.2524	0.7671	0.3958	0.3574	0.0000
2017	1947	0.4499	0.4869	0.6076	0.7192	0.2969	0.7492	0.3270	0.3924	0.0000
2018	1221	0.4488	0.4496	0.6302	0.6296	0.3031	0.7623	0.4069	0.3698	0.0000
2019	1869	0.4537	0.4312	0.6266	0.6462	0.2527	0.7628	0.3372	0.3734	0.0000
Career	8560	0.4534	0.4367	0.6204	0.6385	0.2694	0.7576	0.3496	0.3796	-0.0004

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-04-02	-	Minors	-	-	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2014-03-12	-
2014-02-28	2014-03-09	Camp	9	0	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2014-03-12
2013-10-15	2013-10-15	WIN	0	0	Right	Elbow	Sprain	Ulnar Collateral Ligament	-	-

Compensation

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$31,622,499
7 yr	Total	$31,622,499

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
7 y 66 d	Cobb Eddy Sports	1 year (2024)

Details

1 year (2024). Signed by LA Angels as a free agent 1/22/24 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by LA Angels 3/26/24.
3 years/$30M (2020-22), plus 2023 club option. Signed extension with Minnesota 1/14/20 (avoided arbitration, $6.25M-$5.1M). $4M signing bonus, paid by 2/15/20. 20:$3M, 21:$11M, 22:$9.25M, 23:$14M club option ($2.75M buyout). Price of 2023 option may increase up to $3M based on performance: $1M for each top 3 finish in MVP vote. $750,000 for each top 5 finish in MVP vote. $500,0000 for each Gold Glove, Silver Slugger or top 8 finish in MVP vote. $250,000 each for 550 plate appearances in a season. Minnesota declined 2023 option 11/22.
1 year/$2.65M (2019). Re-signed by Minnesota 1/11/19 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$602,500 (2018). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/18.
1 year/$572,500 (2017). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/11/17.
1 year/$547,500 (2016). Re-signed by Minnesota 3/2/16.
1 year (2015). Contract selected by Minnesota 11/20/14. Re-signed by Minnesota 3/3/15.
Signed by Minnesota 2009 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic. $3.15M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	H	2B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	FRAA
90^o	55	13	3	3	7	17	.277	.370	.532	129	3B 0,
80^o	36	9	2	2	4	12	.290	.371	.548	122	3B 0,
70^o	23	5	1	1	3	8	.250	.348	.450	116	3B 0,
60^o	12	2	0	1	1	4	.200	.273	.500	112	3B 0,
50^o	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	108	3B 0,
Weighted Mean	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	109	3B 0,

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 26)

MLB Statistics

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Statistics For All Levels

Plate Discipline

Injury History — No longer being updated

Compensation

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Miguel Sanó 1B
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Scouted by Jason Parks (Jul 2, 2013)
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