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In this Sept. 14, 2015, file photo, Boston Red Sox’s Pablo Sandoval stands in the dugout during a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore. AP NEWSWIRE
In this Sept. 14, 2015, file photo, Boston Red Sox’s Pablo Sandoval stands in the dugout during a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore. AP NEWSWIRE
BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox have officially released Pablo Sandoval because the third baseman didn’t report after being designated for assignment last week.

It officially ends the Boston tenure for the once-celebrated free agent, who never was healthy enough to live up to the expectations that came with the $95 million contract he signed in 2014.

With the Red Sox unable to find a team willing to take on part of his salary, the 2012 World Series MVP with the Giants moves on after a total of 161 games, 575 at-bats, 136 hits and 14 homers for Boston — but not a single one of them in the postseason.


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