Miguel Sano Postpones Press Conference to Address Wild Kidnapping Allegations

Miguel Sano is a key piece in the Minnesota Twins lineup and has high expectations attached to his name if, and hopefully when, there is a 2020 MLB season.

Yet the recent news surrounding him has nothing to do with baseball. Sano is facing serious kidnapping allegations in the Dominican Republic, which he claims are all blackmail. Minnesota's third-sacker set up a press conference to talk about it late on Wednesday, but the Twins shut that down fast.

That would make sense to me. This seems like the sort of delicate issue where it would make much more sense for Sanó to construct a careful message with the club and be responsive to the information coming out instead of going out in public himself. https://t.co/0dYLwQSWrz
— Héctor Gómez (@hgomez27) June 17, 2020

The allegations are that Sano and others kidnapped and severely beat a man early in May.

Even if it is totally false, the Twins are smart to do their own investigating and not have Sano make the issue worse by making any statements in the media.

MLB's Miguel Sano Denies Kidnapping Man In D.R., Twins Investigating https://t.co/WY5ihIMYXU
— TMZ (@TMZ) June 18, 2020

The allegations are serious and must be treated as such until more is known by the team.

Sano posted a new career-high in WAR last season and was expected to be a big contributor in 2020. These allegations turning out to be true (and unjustified) would send his career in the opposite direction.