SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Giants will honor their 2014 crew in August, and for the primary time they will not have any members on the roster as Brandon Crawford stays a free agent. That is about to vary.
Pablo Sandoval will come to coaching camp as a non-roster invitee, and it will not essentially simply be a sendoff just like the Giants did for Sergio Romo, not less than sooner or later, NBC Sports activities Bay Space has discovered. It appears so for the Bearcats. Sandoval has been telling buddies that he feels good and is working towards a comeback at age 37.
Sandoval has not pitched in a serious league recreation since 2021, when he hit .178 with 4 house runs and a .178 batting common for the Atlanta Braves. The following 12 months he performed for 2 totally different groups in Mexico, and final fall he had a quick stint in a league in Dubai.
Sandoval performed a complete of 1,149 video games in two stints with the Giants, however the possibilities of him including to that quantity are slim. He primarily performed first base with the Giants in 2020, and the roster was a bit quick on left-handed choices, sufficient for the coach to ask Blake Sabol to catch floor balls this spring.
However Lamont Wade Jr. and Wilmer Flores spent more often than not at first base, and there was a number of spectators at third base. J.D. Davis, David Vera and Casey Schmidt can all play there, and the Giants may nonetheless add an infielder, with Matt Chapman being the apparent match. Jorge Soler, who has a bodily on Saturday, will get the majority of the DH at-bats.
Sandoval attended McMurphy’s award ceremony final August at Oracle Park, lots leaner than when he was enjoying, and he clearly continued to work onerous within the offseason. On the very least, he ought to convey one other dynamic to the membership this spring, and if he can maintain out till March, he can play at Oracle Park for the final time like Romo did final 12 months.
The Giants may also be capable to add to the nostalgia with a pleasant contact. After Ross Stripling was traded to the Athletics, they didn’t reissue No. 48.
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