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Angels Designate Albert Pujols For Assignment
The Angels are releasing future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.
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long overdue. he's had an 85 OPS+ going back to the beginning of 2017.
one of the greatest 1st basemen of all-time. A career 145 OPS+ is outstanding, but it doesn't even do justice to what he did as a Cardinal. .328/.420/.617, 170 OPS+, 445 home runs, 86.6 WAR in St. Louis. One of the greatest postseason hitters of all-time as well (.323/.431/.599, 19 home runs in 77 games)
cards have goldy i would think 1 of the bottom dwellers would get him just for the fan interestNo doubt was a terrible contract.
Be interesting to see if the Cards pick him back up at the minimum.
cards have goldy i would think 1 of the bottom dwellers would get him just for the fan interest
I wouldn’t expect it. Pujols is a DH at this point(and not a very good one).No doubt was a terrible contract.
Be interesting to see if the Cards pick him back up at the minimum.
No player should get a 10 year contract ever. But 10 years for a 32-year old player??? Basically a disaster for the Angels. Obvious to everyone at the time, too.Most of us thought that contract would come back to bite the angels and it did. Cards look smart for letting him walk at that point
'Hard hit outs' syndrome. He got pitches he liked and they went into gloves.It's just amazing how little he walked as an Angel versus STL. Yeah he had a lot of intentional walks, but he still averaged around 60-70 non-intentional walks. He only had two seasons in LA with 50+ walks. Most players see their walks increase as they get older, and it's pretty amazing that an all-time great hitter would see them decrease.
Had no idea until now that he's the all-time leader in GIDP at 403. Ripken's second at 350, Fake Pudge is 3rd at 337. Miggy's 5th all-time at 325 but I don't think he's going to catch up.