Sandoval will not play winter ball.
Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval says he won’t be going to Venezuela to play winter ball after all.
Sandoval sent out two tweets tonight, one in English and one in Spanish:
“Hi everyone, just want to let everyone know, that I wont be playing winter ball this year. Thanks for the support.” – via Sandoval’s Twitter account
A series of Spanish tweets by the Panda expanded a little further on the subject.
Sandoval tweeted: “Debido a que me encuentro en plena negociacion de mi contrato con los Gigantes de San Francisco,” which basically translates into, “I am in full negotiation of my contract with the San Francisco Giants.”
Sandoval, who earned $500,000 last season, is arbitration-eligible and will certainly receive a significant raise this winter from the Giants.
He was named to the All-Star team and finished 17th in NL MVP voting following a season in which he batted .315/.357/.552 (0.909 OPS) with 26 doubles, 23 HR and 70 RBI, despite missing over 40 games due to a broken hamate bone.
The switch-hitting Sandoval cannot become a free agent until 2015, so it doesn’t make much sense for the Giants to try and sign him to a long-term contract right now.
Sandoval has been spending the past few weeks working out at Triple Threat Performance in Arizona. Operation Panda 3.0 has been well-documented by the Kung Fu Panda, who has been posting tons of pictures of himself on Twitter.
He also said (via Twitter) that he still plans to participate in the Pepsi Home Run Derby in Venezuela in January (as he did this past year).
I hope you enjoyed reading "Pablo Sandoval will skip winter ball, says “I’m in full contract negotiations with the Giants”." I'm interested in your opinion on this article. Why not leave a comment at 22gigantes.com?
Original Story:
