The Minnesota Twins have been smart with their money since Derek Falvey and Thad Levine took over the front office and part of that process has been striking long-term deals to secure pieces of their nucleus prior to reaching free agency. Last year’s deals with Max Kepler and Jorge Polanco paid off in a big way in 2019 and the Twins are hoping for the same thing with third baseman Miguel Sano.
Sano made a three-year contract official on Tuesday with a base salary that checks in at $27.25 million. In addition to that commitment, the Twins also gave Sano incentives in a loaded fourth-year option that could increase the deal to $44 million.