Pablo Sandoval, Hanley Ramirez agree to deals with Red Sox, reports say

Chris Littmann

Pablo Sandoval, Hanley Ramirez agree to deals with Red Sox, reports say image

Free-agent third baseman Pablo Sandoval has agreed to a multiyear contract with the Red Sox. Sandoval will receive close to $100 million over five years, CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman reported Monday. The San Francisco Chronicle's Henry Schulman later reported the contract includes an option for a sixth season.

Boston has not confirmed the agreement, but Sandoval and the Giants, his old team, both released statements saying Sandoval was moving on.

Also, Major League Baseball's Twitter feed reported that the Red Sox have scheduled a press conference for 1 p.m. ET Tuesday.

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Sandoval, it seems, will be sharing a dais with free-agent shortstop Hanley Ramirez, who reportedly agreed to a four-year, $88 million contract with the Sox on Monday.

A pretty good hint of that:

That's Sandoval imitating Ramirez's goggles gesture, which he uses for base hits and other special occasions.

Oh, and the Red Sox produced this trolltastic tweet, which they later deleted (thanks, Keith Olbermann, for preserving it):

Sandoval, the 2012 World Series MVP with San Francisco, was considering an offer to stay with the Giants as well.

"His connecton with Giants fans — young and old — is truly special and he will be greatly missed. We wish him nothing but the best in Boston," the Giants said in their statement Monday evening.

Sandoval, 28, met with the Red Sox last week. After winning his third World Series title in five years with San Francisco, he indicated he wanted to retire with the Giants.

Giants assistant general manager Bobby Evans told Schulman that he and Sandoval had an "emotional" phone call as Sandoval informed the Giants he was leaving.

The Padres reportedly were also finalists in the bidding.

Sunday night, FoxSports.com's Ken Rosenthal reported the Red Sox had signed Ramirez. The deal includes a vesting option for a fifth year, also at $22 million.

Although Ramirez considers himself a shortstop, don't assume a Ramirez-Sandoval left side of the Boston infield. The Red Sox have the much younger, better-fielding Xander Bogaerts at shortstop. If the Red Sox don't trade Bogaerts, Ramirez likely will need to move to left field. Ramirez's only experience in the outfield has been during winter ball in the Dominican Republic.

Contributing: Tom Gatto

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