Which Sandoval are the Red Sox getting?

[Rog]

Is Pablo Sandoval a heavy player, or is he a lighter one?  The Fan Graphs article of the same title as this post shows that heavy players (240 pounds or above) age more quickly than lighter ones.  

www.fangraphs.com/blogs/which-pablo-sandoval-did-the-red-sox-buy/

Thus Pablo statistically has a higher percentage of likelihood that Pablo will decline faster at the plate and have a need to change defensive positions.  In addition, heavy players were shown to go on the disabled list three times as often as lighter players.

In other words, Hunter Pence in the fifth year of his contract is likely to be an even better player than Pablo in the fifth year of Pablo's contract.  In fact, Hunter in the fifth year of his contract (2017) may be likely to be a better player than the younger Pablo in 2017.

Pablo will likely be making clearly less contact on those pitches outside the strike zone he hits better than just about any hitter in the game.  That will mean more strikeouts, which will mean he will need to make more solid contact than he is now in order to keep his average up.

The odds are high that Pablo will decline further during his contract than Hunter will over his.  Given the percentage of available money the Giants would have spent on Pablo, their error may not have been in losing him, but in making him their top priority in the first place.

[rxmeister]

I read in a couple of places that Pablo might have saved the Giants from themselves, and it's obvious that both you and I subscribe to that theory. I wonder if the truth will ever come out here, but I can't remember the last time a player left a team which has been so successful, where he was so much loved, and where he offered just as much if not more money. Like I said, I'm excited for what thecGiantscdo now, but in shocked that he's gone.

[klaiggeb]

Excellent way to put it, Mark. Sad, but excited.

me too.

boly