Pablo Sandoval is looking fit for spring training!

[El Supremo]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2618567-pablo-sandoval-shows-up-to-red-sox-camp-says-he-never-checked-weight-in-winter

[friendly_iconoclast]

1. WTF? He's got a bigger gut than *I* do, and I'm over 50 and not all that athletic

Dude should have stayed away from teh empanadas...

[Brother Buzz]

2. This thread would not be complete without this:

Hat tip to that A-hole El Supremo.

[Auggie]

3. I told all Red Sox fans they'd regret his signing ...

... to think the Giants were only a few million away from keeping him.

[joeybee12]

4. We're screwed...nt

[hughee99]

5. Brock Holt will be playing 3rd almost every day by June.

If our hopes hing on a productive Panda, we were screwed anyway.

[joeybee12]

7. Screwed by throwing away all that money...

What a waste.

[hughee99]

8. It is a waste, but unlike many other teams, at least our team can afford to make this mistake.

A smaller market team would be completely screwed if they made the same mistake.

[joeybee12]

9. Seems like history repeating itself...

Goes back to the days of Adrian Gonzalez, the Carl Crawford and a few others...over-paying for names and finishing out of the playoffs.

[hughee99]

11. I don't have a problem with the Gonzalez signing. He did play well in Boston.

They had to get rid of him to dump Crawford and Beckett or the Dodgers wouldn't have touched that trade. They've definitely had some bad, big contract, free agent signings, though.

[joeybee12]

12. Gonzalez did well for half a season...

Then his attitude sucked.

[hughee99]

6. Jeez. Usually when a guy "bulks up" in the offseason, people are talking about steroids.

I don't think that's the case here.

[rocktivity]

10. Put him on the Bateman diet

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Legend has it that a baseball player named Bateman came to spring training so overweight he was fined one hundred dollars per pound per day.

On the other hand, it's not a terrible idea to go into camp a bit overweight and playing your way into shape if it keeps you from peaking physically too early in the season. Cleon Jones of the Mets did that in 1969 and had a championship year. But he didn't come in gut-shaking overweight...




rocktivity

[madinmaryland]

13. Wait, what??? I thought Obama was going to nominate him for to replace Scalia.