When NBC Sports Bay Area’s Alex Pavlovic wrote about Pablo Sandoval possibly playing some left field this spring, I had the same reaction that most of you probably did. I coughed quietly, got up from my chair, filled the coffee pot with water, put a new filter in, ground some beans, waited a few minutes for it to brew, poured a cup, waited another couple minutes for it to cool down, took a sip and then spit the coffee all over my kitchen floor. Pablo Sandoval in the outfield? Are we in Narnia? Where am I?



Except, hold on, I believe in the overall athleticism of the Panda. He can pitch, he can catch, he can sprawl out at third base and make a perfect throw from his butt. He has roughly the same sprint speed as Alex Gordon, who was worth a full win in the field, according to Baseball-Reference and dWAR. And, yes, dear Twitter follower, Sandoval can beat me in a foot race. I have no illusions about that. If you remove your preconceptions about what a left fielder should...