Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano if off to a hot start, and American League pitchers are on notice. He's been so good, he was just named AL Player of the Week for the week spanning April 24-30.
Sano is hitting a robust .316/.443/.684 through the first month of the season, and took that to another level over the past week, hitting .524/.545/1.000 over five games to lead the Twins to a 4-1 record. Sano had 11 hits over that time frame with three home runs, one double and a total of 11 RBIs.
Heading into Monday's action, Sano ranked in the following spots statistically among the 184 "qualified" MLB batters:
Home runs - 7 (tied for 10th)
Runs scored - 17 (tied for 21st)
RBIs - 25 (fourth in MLB, first in AL)
Walk rate - 18.6 percent (fifth, Robbie Grossman is first)
Isolated power - .367 (seventh)
Average - .316 (26th)
On-Base Percentage - .443 (tied for eighth with Mike Trout)
Slugging Percentage - .684 (seventh)
wOBA - .466 (seventh)
wRC+ - 210 (seventh)
fWAR - 1.5 (tied for eighth)
The Twins open a six-game homestand against Oakland on Tuesday. Here are the probable pitching matchups:
Sonny Gray vs. Ervin Santana - Tuesday (7:10 p.m. first pitch)
Kendall Graveman vs. Hector Santiago - Wednesday (7:10 p.m.)
Jharel Cotton vs. Kyle Gibson - Thursday (12:10 p.m.)
Also of potential interest will be the return of Trevor Plouffe to Target Field for the first time as a visitor. Plouffe is hitting just .207/.275/.366 through his first 24 games with the A's, and has particularly struggled over his last five games, where he's just 2-for-17 (.118/.167/.176).
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