Red Sox designate 3B Sandoval for assignment
The Sports Xchange
The Boston Red Sox designated third baseman Pablo Sandoval for assignment on Friday.
Sandoval, 30, was returned from his injury rehab assignment with Triple-A Pawtucket and activated from the 10-day disabled list before being designated for assignment. He was placed on the 10-day disabled list on June 20 with a left inner ear infection.
President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski made the announcement prior to Friday night’s home game against the New York Yankees.
Sandoval is still owed $18.6 million in each of the next two seasons, a $5 million buyout and the rest of his $17 million for 2017.
Sandoval is hitting just .212 (21-for-99) with four home runs and 12 RBIs in 32 games this season.
Signed by Boston as a free agent in November 2014, the Venezuelan native appeared in 161 games with the Red Sox (2015-17), batting .237 with 14 homers and 59 RBIs.
Sandoval spent his first seven major league seasons with San Francisco (2008-14), winning World Series titles with the Giants in 2010, 2012 and 2014.
A two-time All-Star, Sandoval has hit .285 with 120 home runs and 521 RBIs in 1,030 career major league games.
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