Humberto Gutierrez
Pablo Sandoval has been one of the most important figures of the San Francisco Giants without a doubt, being one of the few players who has managed to consecrate himself as champion of the world series between the 2010 and 2014 seasons with the organizationto this are added the legends Buster Posey, Tim Lincecum and Madison Bumgarner.
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Despite this, fans of the Boston Red Sox do not remember him with the same affection, having signed one of the worst contracts in team history.. “Kung Fu Panda” closed the deal with Boston for $90 million dollars and five seasons with the Red Sox for the 2015 campaign.
If he could do it over again, the Panda wouldn’t have left San Francisco for Boston https://t.co/eWN0Ruc5ZW
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) July 20, 2022
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Sandoval played only 162 total games in just 2 and a half years, due to injuries, poor physical shape and poor level within the team, This caused annoyance within the board and they decide to release the Venezuelan by returning him to San Francisco in the middle of the 2017 season.
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With the Creole player playing in Mexico and little chance of returning to the Majors, Sandoval had an interview with Joseph Bien-Kahn, a correspondent for GQ magazine, where he confessed to having made a bad decision, having withdrawn from the Giants.
“I should have stayed in San Francisco. I learned my lesson. But I’m also happy I went through that. We make mistakes and that’s part of the game. Sometimes the fans don’t realize that we are human beings too, we have our lives and our lives. problems”.