Ex-Giant Pablo Sandoval To Have Surgery, Likely Out For Season
BOSTON (CBS SF) -- Boston Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval was set to undergo surgery on his left shoulder and will face a long rehabilitation period which will likely end his 2016 season.
The team announced the 29-year-old Sandoval will have his surgery performed in the next few days. The Red Sox did not specify a timetable for his recovery. ESPN and the Boston Globe reported Sandoval is expected to miss the rest of the year.
Sandoval was placed on the Red Sox disabled list on April 13 with a left shoulder strain.
After a stellar seven-year career with the San Francisco Giants, Sandoval left the team as a free agent a month after they won the 2014 World Series to sign a five-year, $95 million deal with Boston.
In his first season with Boston last year, Sandoval hit a disappointing .245 - the lowest batting average of his nine-year career, not including this season.
This season he lost his starting spot at third base after a subpar spring training. He also appeared to be out of shape upon arrival at spring training.
Sandoval has appeared in only three games this season and has not had a hit, going 0-for-6 with four strikeouts, including one at-bat in which his belt broke.