Free-agent thirdbaseman Pablo Sandoval has agreed to a multiyear contractwith the Red Sox. Sandoval will receive close to $100 million over five years, . The San Francisco Chronicle's Henry Schulman later reported the contract includes anoption for a sixth season.Boston has not confirmed Philadelphia Phillies Jersey the agreement, but Sandoval and the Giants, his old team, both released statements saying Sandoval was moving on.A photo posted by Pablo sandoval (@kfp48) on Nov 11, 2014 at 7:09pm PSTAlso, Major League Baseball's Twitter feed reported that the Red Sox have scheduled a pre s conference for 1 p.m. ET Tuesday.MORE: | | Sandoval, it seems, will be sharing a dais with free- Greg Luzinski Jersey agent shortstopHanley Ramirez, who reportedly agreed to a four-year, $88 million contract with the Sox on Monday.A pretty good hint of that:Hey te saluda > Enrique Rojas/ESPN (@Enrique_Rojas1) That's Sandoval imitating Ramirez's goggles gesture, which he uses for base hits and other special occasions.Oh, and the Red Sox produced this trolltastic tweet, which they later deleted (thanks, , for preserving it):Sandoval, the 2012 World Series MVP with San Francisco, was considering an offer to stay with the Giants as well."His connecton with Giants fans young and old is truly special and he will be greatly mi sed. We wish him nothing but the best in Boston," the Giants said in their statement Monday evening.Sandoval, 28, met with the Red Sox last Carlos Santana Jersey week. After winning his third World Series title in five years with San Francisco, he indicated he wanted to retire with the Giants.I do know being in AL and able to DH down the road (not any time soon with Ortiz still effective) has been a selling point for Sandoval. John Shea Pat Neshek Jersey (@JohnSheaHey) Giants a sistant general manager Bobby Evans told Schulman that he and Sandoval had an "emotional" phone call as Sandoval informed the Giants he was leaving.On the phone with Bobby Evans. Said he had an emotional phone call with Sandoval today. Said he wanted a new challenge. . Henry Schulman (@hankschulman) Sean Rodriguez Jersey The Padres reportedlywerealso finalists in the bidding.Sunday night, . The deal includes avesting option for a fifth year, also at $22 million.Although Ramirez considers himself a shortstop, don't a sume a Ramirez-Sandoval left side of the Boston infield.The Red Sox have the much younger, better-fielding Xander Bogaerts at shortstop. If the Red Sox don't tradeBogaerts, Ramirez likely will need to move to left field. Ramirez's only experience in theoutfield has been duringwinter ball in the Dominican Republic.Contributing: Tom Gatto