Pablo Sandoval hasnt been in MLB since 2021, but that didnt stop his long-standing i sues with weight from becoming a topic on the Mets broadcast. Mets great Keith Hernandez and play-by-play man Gary Cohen began talking about Sandoval after a trivia question about San Franciscos World Series MVPs in the 2010s. He always had the weight i sues, Hernandez said of Sandoval on the SNY broadcast of Sundays Mets-Giants game at Citi Field. He just fell off a cliff, but he had Armando Alvarez Jersey some big years for the Giants. Didnt he go to the Red Sox? Just kind of bombed out there. He came back [to the Giants] and didnt do the push-ups from the dinner table. "He came back and didn't do the push-ups from the dinner table," Keith Hernandez weighing in on Pablo Sandoval's weight. Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) Sandoval, nicknamed Kung Fu Panda, was World Series MVP with the Giants in 2012 after hitting .500 with three homers and four RBIs in a dominant sweep of the Tigers. The Venezuelan enjoyed the best years of his career in his first stint with the Giants, from 2008-14. Explore More Pablo Sandoval with the Giants during Game 4 of the 2014 World Series. Getty Images Sandoval was an All-Star in 2011 and 12, and he won three World Series titles in San Francisco (2010, 12, 14). Weight was an i sue for Sandoval throughout his career, but it became a major storyline when he signed a five-year, $95 million contract with the Red Sox ahead of the 2015 season and showed up for spring training overweight. Mets broadcaster Keith Hernandez on July 9, 2022. Getty Images Sandoval went on to play three lackluster seasons in Boston before returning to the Giants from 2018-20 and closing out his career with the Braves in 2021. Moments after Hernandez made his comments in the top of the third inning, Giants DH Rafael Devers crushed a three-run homer, and San Francisco went on to rout the Mets, 12-4. Mike Andrews Jersey