Will Pablo Sandoval someday be at least Will Middlebrooks

I went back through the numbers for Red Sox who have played 3rd base for the last 4 years comprising the 2012-15 seasons.

He is what my expert analysis came up with. Pablo Sandoval sucks. Yea, I know that it pretty much the consensus around here but the depths of Sandoval's ineptitude are mind boggling.

Do you realize that Sandoval would have to put up the numbers below in his next 350 at bats in order to equate the exiled Will Middlebrooks stint as a Red Sox third baseman? And that Sandoval hasn't has an OPS over .758 in three years. There is zero chance of Sandoval putting up anywhere near these stats.

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Sandoval	350	44	82	17	0	23	71	22	164	0.234	0.301	0.494	0.795

Here are Sandoval and Middlebrooks  numbers at third base.

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Middlebrooks	817	87	196	42	0	33	117	47	235	0.240	0.297	0.412	0.710
Sandoval	467	43	114	25	1	10	46	25	71	0.244	0.290	0.366	0.656

Here are all 25 third baseman that have played during the 2012-2015 seasons. Look at this pile of pus.

Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Middlebrooks	817	87	196	42	0	33	117	47	235	0.240	0.297	0.412	0.710
Sandoval	467	43	114	25	1	10	46	25	71	0.244	0.290	0.366	0.656
Holt	293	45	82	21	2	1	35	33	49	0.280	0.353	0.375	0.728
Bogaerts	190	22	35	6	0	5	14	8	52	0.184	0.217	0.295	0.512
Ciriaco	148	20	38	8	0	1	9	8	29	0.257	0.295	0.331	0.626
Iglesias	115	15	38	5	1	1	10	5	18	0.330	0.366	0.417	0.783
Youkilis	107	17	23	5	1	2	12	9	34	0.215	0.292	0.336	0.628
Punto	57	4	10	2	0	0	5	9	18	0.175	0.284	0.211	0.494
Marrero	39	3	7	0	0	1	2	3	14	0.179	0.238	0.256	0.495
Snyder	38	2	8	2	0	2	7	0	10	0.211	0.231	0.421	0.652
Cecchini	27	6	6	3	0	1	4	2	10	0.222	0.323	0.444	0.767
Valencia	27	1	4	0	0	1	4	0	6	0.148	0.143	0.259	0.402
Herrera	24	2	3	0	0	0	1	4	7	0.125	0.276	0.125	0.401
Gomez	23	2	9	3	0	0	4	0	3	0.391	0.375	0.522	0.897
Shaw	21	5	8	1	0	2	4	2	3	0.381	0.435	0.714	1.149
Roberts	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	7	0.111	0.238	0.111	0.349
Rutledge	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.250	0.333	0.250	0.583
Rivero	6	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0.500	0.500	1.167	1.667
Johnson	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.200	0.200	0.200	0.400
Aviles	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.333	0.500	0.333	0.833
Diaz	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Bianchi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Ramirez	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
De Jesus	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Spears	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000