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Sadly for Giants fans there has been no career resurgence for Pablo Sandoval since rejoining his old team. The Panda is slashing just .237/.310/.395 with one lone home run as a bench player this season, but it appears there might be an interesting avenue for him to take: pitching!
Pablo took the mound during the first game of the Giants’ doubleheader against the Giants Saturday and totally impressed. Just check out the video above and watch Panda pitch a perfect 1-2-3 inning against the likes of Kike Hernandez, Yasmani Grandal, and Chris Taylor. He flashed a Jered Weaver-esque mid-80s fastball and curveball as slow as 69 mph to get the job done.
For real. This guy probably has better stuff than Josh Tomlin:
Pablo Sandoval with the 69mph Curveball.
What. pic.twitter.com/I7hr5y8ktG
— Pitcher List (@PitcherList) April 28, 2018
Pablo Sandoval's curveball to Chris Taylor for a whiff,
This makes me happy. pic.twitter.com/SlwFacZ7Vn
— Pitcher List (@PitcherList) April 28, 2018
And owns a better season ERA than Clayton Kershaw!
#AceSandoval#SFGiants #BeatLA pic.twitter.com/nA2OvvlosM
— ~e (@evie22eive) April 29, 2018
Panda joined elite company in Babe Ruth after that clean inning:
Complete list of players who have thrown a pitch in an MLB game and hit 3 HRs in a World Series game:
Babe Ruth
Pablo Sandoval— Mitch Goldich 🐙 (@mitchgoldich) April 28, 2018
