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Twins expecting last season’s Lookouts to contribute

Miguel Sano of the Minnesota Twins, shown here celebrating a home run after crossing home plate last Tuesday in a spring training game against Boston, was one of several touted prospects who began last season with the Chattanooga Lookouts.
Miguel Sano of the Minnesota Twins, shown here celebrating a home run after crossing home plate last Tuesday in a spring training game against Boston, was one of several touted prospects who began last season with the Chattanooga Lookouts. Miguel Sano of the Minnesota Twins, shown here celebrating a home run after crossing home plate last Tuesday in a spring training game against Boston, was one of several touted prospects who began last season with the Chattanooga Lookouts.

By David Paschall 4 min read

COMING MONDAY

A look at the 2016 Chattanooga Lookouts, who have an exhibition game Tuesday night against Chattanooga State at AT&T Field before opening Southern League play Thursday in Biloxi. Chattanooga’s home opener is April 12 against Jackson.

The touted crop of Minnesota Twins prospects who played in Chattanooga last year now are expected to make their mark at the big-league level, some sooner than later.

They certainly paved the way for the Class AA Lookouts.

“That team had a great year,” Minnesota player development director Brad Steil said this past week. “Going into last season, we knew we had a talented roster in Chattanooga, with the most important thing being the development piece of it. We were able to get some of those guys to advance to Triple-A, with five or six of those guys getting to play in the big leagues from that opening-day roster.”

Center fielder Byron Buxton, third baseman Miguel Sano and starting pitcher Jose Berrios were three of baseball’s top 40 overall prospects last spring, according to MLB.com, with Buxton ranked first overall and Sano 12th. Buxton and Sano were called up to Minnesota and Berrios to Triple-A Rochester (N.Y.), but not before helping the Lookouts to a 43-25 record that resulted in a Southern League first-half North Division championship and clinched a spot in the playoffs.