Pablo Sandoval

Sandoval is set to play his seventh game in as many days for the River Cats on Monday night and will bat second while playing third base. Speaking to reporters ahead of Monday’s series opener against the A’s, San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy praised Sandoval’s performance and attitude thus far in the minors, possibly foreshadowing a call up in the not-too-distant future.

LOS ANGELES–When San Francisco announced it had traded Eduardo Nunez to the Boston Red Sox, Giants’ manager Bruce Bochy knew he had a problem on his hands. Not only was Nunez the second-most productive hitter on the Giants’ roster outside of Buster Posey, he was the team’s only right-handed hitting third baseman. So when Nunez […]

On Tuesday evening, the Giants traded away their starting third baseman in exchange for a pair of pitching prospects. When Giants’ manager Bruce Bochy was forced to pull Eduardo Nuenz from Tuesday’s game in the fifth inning, Bochy was left with one third baseman on his 25-man roster, Conor Gillaspie. Though Gillaspie played third base […]

​ When the weekend began for San Francisco, Giants’ manager Bruce Bochy had the same number of outfielders as he did third basemen on his 25-man roster. With Eduardo Nunez, Conor Gillaspie and Jae-gyun Hwang all capable of starting a game at the hot corner for San Francisco, Bochy had no shortage of options for […]

In Jae-gyun Hwang’s MLB debut, he clubbed his first career home run and helped lead a struggling Giants team to a win, but failed to produce much offensively in the coming weeks. Though Hwang played a strong third base, he recorded just six hits in 36 at-bats before San Francisco decided to option him back to AAA.

Ahead of the Giants’ series opener against Pittsburgh on Monday night, Bochy was cautious in giving a definitive timeline on Sandoval and his track to the big club, but said it will rest largely on the 30-year-old himself and his play on the field.

On July 14, the Red Sox announced they were designating Pablo for assignment, and officially released him from their roster five days later. On July 22nd, the Giants signed Pablo to a minor league contract. Pablo played an important role for the Giants franchise during their run of three World Series championships in five years.

Mike Krukow joined Murph and Mac on Monday and talked about Pablo Sandoval’s return to the Bay Area, and how his teammates will receive him following his controversial exit.

By the time the announcement of Pablo Sandoval’s signing became official, the Giants had already optioned reliever Steven Okert and infielder Jae-gyun Hwang to AAA Sacramento to make room for outfielder Orlando Calixte and pitcher Albert Suarez.

Pablo Sandoval is officially back with the Giants. But whether or not Sandoval will ever return to the San Francisco Giants is a different story.