Yesterday the news broke that Pablo Sandoval will have shoulder surgery and likely miss the rest of the season. Here are his final 2016 stats, for which the Red Sox will pay him $17.6 million:3 games, 6 at-bats, 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts, .000 batting average and 1 error
Maybe someday we'll refer to Sandoval's fateful April 9 plate appearance in the 7th inning of an 8-4 Boston win as "the $17.6 million walk."
Through two years (and $35.2 million) with the Red Sox, the third baseman's total numbers are as follows:
129 games, 476 at-bats, 43 runs, 115 hits, 25 doubles, 1 triple, 10 home runs, 47 runs batted in, 26 walks, 77 strikeouts, .242 batting average, .290 on-base percentage and .361 slugging percentage
That works out to roughly $306,000 per hit, or $749,000 per RBI. Boston will also pay Sandoval an average of just under $18.3 million for 2017, 2018 and 2019. This seems like a good time to mention an article I wrote for Bleacher Report 18 months ago:
Boston Red Sox: The Case Against Signing Pablo Sandoval
The video to accompany the above belt-busting photo:
CLIPS OF THE DAY: Pablo Sandoval's Belt Came Unbuckled on a Swing pic.twitter.com/oaeAdQUrQs— SportsCast (@SportsCast_THN) April 11, 2016
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