FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2015, file photo, Boston Red Sox's Pablo Sandoval removes his helmet and walks out of the batter's box after striking out swinging to end the top of the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore. The Red Sox on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, have released 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.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)