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After spending seven seasons in the Minors with the White Sox and Rockies organizations, Sandoval signed with the Philadelphia Phillies during the off-season. He started 2005 at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons and got the call to replace Geoff Geary after the All-Star Game . At time of the call, Sandoval ranked second in the International League with a .349 Batting Average , and was hitting .423 (55-for-130) with 11 Doubles , three Home Run s, 16 RBI and 23 Runs in his last 31 games. Along with Bobby Abreu , Ugueth Urbina , Tomás Pérez and Endy Chávez , he became the fifth Venezuela n player on the Phillies roster.

Sandoval appeared in three games with the Phillies and went 0-for-2 with a Run Scored . On July 23 , he was optioned back to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in order to bring up a right-handed Reliever .

The fact that Sandoval can play a number of infield positions is a definite plus. He fought for a spot on the Phillies roster in the 2006 Spring Training , but was demoted after the Phillies kept both Alex Gonzalez and Abraham Nunez.


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