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Jim Souhan: Here’s the one bit of baseball that Miguel Sano never mastered

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MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins cut Miguel Sano loose this week, ending a relationship of a dozen years. What happened to one of baseball's most celebrated prospects?

He didn't fail because of a lack of talent. The hype surrounding Sano as a youngster was deserved. He should have become a perennial All-Star.

When the Twins entered their years-long slump in the early 2010s, the Star Tribune decided to invest in covering Sano and another top Twins prospect named Byron Buxton. The Twins, historically cautious about promoting prospects, decided in this case to be remarkably cooperative.

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