Pablo Sandoval felt disrespected by the San Francisco Giants and knew as early as spring training last season that he would leave the team as a free agent.

Sandoval told Bleacher Report that it wasn't hard at all to leave the Giants after winning a third World Series title in five years and that the only people in the organization he misses are Bruce Bochy and Hunter Pence.

"If you want me around, you make the effort to push and get me back," said Sandoval, who signed with the Boston Red Sox this offseason.

He told the website that the offer from the Giants that he turned down in the offseason was more lucrative than the a five-year, $95 million contract that he signed with the Red Sox. 

"The Giants made a good offer, but I didn't want to take it," he told Bleacher Report. "I got five years from Boston. I left money on the table in San Francisco.

"It is not about money. It is about how you treat the player."