A slimmed-down Pablo Sandoval showed up at JetBlue Park on Thursday, taking swings with several Red Sox players more than a week ahead of reporting time.
First baseman Mike Napoli, who on multiple occasions expressed hope he could stay in Boston, was traded by the Red Sox to the Rangers along with cash in a waiver deal Friday.
Checking Instagram in the clubhouse during a game? Sorry, Panda; that's a no no. But Pablo Sandoval is hardly the first player to cross the line when it comes to clubhouse decorum.
Pablo Sandoval was benched Thursday after admitting that during Wednesday's loss to Atlanta, he used his cellphone to click "like" on a woman's photographs that appeared in his Instagram feed.
Ubaldo Jimenez was tossed Friday for hitting Pablo Sandoval in the right shoulder with a pitch, an ejection that Baltimore manager Buck Showalter later called "professionally embarrassing."
While the Giants have been measured in their response to critical comments by Pablo Sandoval explaining his decision to leave San Francisco and sign with the Boston Red Sox as a free agent, former teammate Aubrey Huff did not exercise similar restraint.
