Pirates in holding pattern over Miguel Sano
Pirates, Twins, Orioles have made offers Major League Baseball has continued their age and indentity investigation regarding top Dominican prospect Miguel Sano, which has put the Pirates in a holding pattern in trying to sign Sano. If Sano is found to be lying about his age, he will receive an automatic one year suspension but the Pirates are confident that the situation will be resolved by the end of the week and they will be able to move forward in their pursuit of Sano. It remains to be seen whether Sano will receive offers in excess of the $4.25 million Dominican pitcher Michael Ynoa received from the Oakland Athletics last year. That is the largest bonus ever given to a
Market Picking Up: Yankees, Cardinals join the Miguel Cano sweepstakes
The signing period for international free agents begins July 2nd as MLB teams will be able to make official offers to highly touted Dominican prospect SS Miguel Sano. There has been a belief that the Pirates have the inside track to land Sano but it is not a foregone conclusion that Sano will sign with the Pirates as up to 10 teams are expressing interest. According to reports, the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals are the newest teams to express interest. The Yankees will work out Sano next week, as will the Baltimore Orioles (for 2nd time). Less than four weeks until teams can make offers, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Minnesota Twins remain the front runners but the