Nearly a year ago, Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval made the news because of this embarrassing photo of him at spring training.

Welp. Here it is. Via the @BostonGlobe, the picture that everyone's going to be talking about tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/FbWPrm8DfH — Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) February 21, 2016

A few months later, during a game against Toronto, his belt broke mid-swing.

It was an admittedly funny moment (that’s also improved by slow motion technology), but his weight was pretty much the elephant in the room. At the time, Sandoval told reporters that the team hadn’t asked him to lose weight. After playing three games, Sandoval missed the rest of the 2016 season due to a shoulder injury, which meant time to recover and time to hit the gym. We hadn’t seen much of Sandoval, until photos of him started popping up last December, and holy crap, he looks so much slimmer. The infamous stomach that opened him up to so many jokes has shrunk.

ICYMI - Pablo Sandoval looks to be slimmed down and in great shape down in Fla - photo courtesy Alvaro Hernandez - #wbz #RedSox pic.twitter.com/YX2zNm1E3U — Dan Roche (@RochieWBZ) December 6, 2016

And here’s what Sandoval looks like as of Wednesday:

It’s very reminiscent of that time the Packers asked Eddie Lacy to lose weight — which he did, thanks to P90X. For Sandoval’s part, he’s definitely been putting in work.

Tomando lo mejor de cada deporte para estar al % y aportar siempre mi granito de arena en el equipo @miggy24 ⚾️️⛹ #miguelcabrera @crboxingandfitness #2017goals #championship A video posted by Pablo Sandoval (@kfp48) on Jan 11, 2017 at 10:49am PST

Congrats on the weight loss, Panda.