Pablo Sandoval Announces Retirement

Pablo Sandoval has announced the end of his playing career, after 14 Major League seasons and parts of 21 total seasons in pro ball. The longtime third baseman is saying his farewell after a few more games with Navegantes del Magallanes, the Venezuelan winter league club Sandoval suited up for at the very start of his career (and at a couple of other points during his two-plus decades as a player). The Turcos faced Tiburones de La Guaira in a two-game series at loanDepot Park in Miami this weekend, and Sandoval marked the occasion by hitting a grand slam in his final game in a big league ballpark.

“The Kung Fu Panda” last played in a MLB game in 2021 as a member of the Braves.