H/W: 6-1 200 lb. B/T: S/R DOB: 8/16/82
The understated Angels infielder continued to put up excellent numbers at AAA Salt Lake City, hitting .335 with 15 HR 88 RBI 45 doubles and 92 runs scored. Sandoval has a line drive bat that produces gap power and high rates of contact. He has decent speed, but ran a lot less last season than in years past. Defensively, Sandoval is quite versatile spending time at 1B, 2B, 3B and even the OF last season. He is sure handed and plays with a great deal of intelligence. He is not flashy, but he can adequately fill a variety of roles. The rub on Sandoval is his age, at 26 years old, he is rapidly losing status as a prospect and needs to step into an MLB role sometime soon.
2009 Projection: Spring training will be a critical time for Sandoval to wriggle his way onto the Angels' 25 man roster. He has demonstrated all he needs to at the minor league level and, at 26 years old, is entering the prime productive years of his career. Monitor his progress this spring as well as rumblings within the Angels organization as to the 2009 role for Sandoval. He has the makings of a highly productive utility player who can admirably fill a variety of roles and is ready to produce right away. He should get more of a chance at some point in 2009.
Key Freddy Sandoval Baseball Cards:
- 2004 SP Prospects Auto #/400
- 2006 Bowman Chrome Draft
- 2007 Bowman Chrome Draft
- 2009 Topps
- 2009 Upper Deck
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 13 2009 Bowman Rookie Lot Freddy Sandoval 216 US $3.00 |
 2009 Topps Finest 140 Freddy Sandoval Rookie Card US $2.00 |
 Freddy Sandoval Anaheim 04 Ud Sp Prospects Rookie Card US $1.50 |
 Freddy Sandoval Green Refractor 19 99 Topps Finest US $.99 |
 2009 Topps Finest 140 Freddy Sandoval Rc US $1.00 |
 2009 Topps 227 Freddy Sandoval Angels US $1.00 |
 2009 Topps Wal Mart Black 227 Freddy Sandoval Angels US $1.00 |
 2009 Topps Finest 140 Freddy Sandoval Rookie Card US $1.50 |
 Freddy Sandoval 216 2009 Bowman Rc Angels US $1.00 |
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