Boston Red Sox

A slimmer Pablo Sandoval shows up early to Red Sox camp

Pablo Sandoval took some batting practice Thursday. Andrea Melendez / The News-Press

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Pablo looks good for Pablo.

Pablo Sandoval has lost weight. Some estimates have him down 30 pounds.

He’s trying. Food is hard to push aside. It’s his vice. It’s probably a vice for many of us, but an athlete earning $17.6 million a season has to have discipline.

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