San Francisco Giants Pablo Sandoval tips off his helmet as he returns to the dugout after connecting a single against the Oakland Athletics in the ninth inning of Game 2 of the Bay Bridge series at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, March 26, 2023. This could be Sandoval’s last game in Giants uniform after returning to play adjuring the spring training and Cactus League. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
NEW YORK — Former World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval agreed to a contract Saturday with the Staten Island FerryHawks of the independent Atlantic League, nine days after he was released from a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants.
Sandoval, 37, hit .250 with two RBIs in 28 spring training at-bats for the Giants, the team he helped to World Series titles in 2010, ‘12 and ’14.
A fan favorite nicknamed Kung Fu Panda, the two-time All-Star was last in the major leagues in 2021 when he hit .178 with a .302 on-base percentage, four homers and 11 RBIs in 69 games with Atlanta.
Sandoval has a .278 batting average, .330 on-base percentage, .443 slugging percentage, 153 homers and 639 RBIs in 1,380 career games while primarily playing third base.
Originally published at Associated Press