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Record Bonus Unlikely For Miguel Angel Sano
Miguel Angel Sano, the 16-year-old Dominican prospect who's drawing interest from several Major League teams, isn't likely to receive a record bonus from the Pirates, according to Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Kovacevic sees "strong indications from the team's front office" that the Pirates won't surpass the $4.25MM bonus the A's paid Michael Ynoa last year.
Instead, the Pirates believe that Sano's talent and the market for his services place his value closer to the $2-3MM given to elite prospects other than Inoa. The Pirates remains "intensely interested" in Sano, who can sign with whoever he chooses on July 2nd.
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"The Pirates remains "intensely interested" in Sano"
should be the Pirates REMAIN not remains...just saying
Posted by: THEBIGFISH99 | June 02, 2009 at 09:26 AM
Remember when the Pirates, due to money issues, didn't draft B.J. Upton/Matt Wieters/Rick Porcello/Prince Fielder/etc? Not that I'm saying they should spend all their money on this unproven teenager, but still. The new regime seems better than Littlefield & co., but it's a few million. That's like paying Willie Bloomquist for a year, and reaping possibly great rewards. If not, you paid Willie Bloomquist for one year.
Posted by: kswissreject | June 02, 2009 at 09:51 AM
Agreed...it is easy to get wrapped around the axle on the $$$ issues until you consider that what it would cost Sano will likely be far less than what 1 year of Burnitz cost in 2006 ($6.7 million + some buyout as well).
I would expect that much of NH's comments are posturing...The kid seems interested in PGH and PGH doesnt want to appear to be a desperate buyer.
Posted by: Mick Kraut | June 02, 2009 at 10:09 AM