Friday, December 9, 2011

The ATM Machine

Albert Pujols

Do the Angels realize that Albert Pujols will be 32 next month?  32!!!  You start going downhill at 30, the Angels must have a magic potion in store for him.  They signed him to a ridiculous 10 year 250 million dollar contract, to a player clearly past his prime.  Take a look at his stats the last three years, clear evidence of decline.

2009:  Runs: 124  Doubles: 45  Home Runs: 47  RBI's: 135  AVG: .327  OBP: .443  SLG: .658
2010:  Runs: 115  Doubles: 39  Home Runs: 42  RBI's: 118  AVG. .312    OBP: .414  SLG: .596
2011:  Runs: 105  Doubles: 29  Home Runs: 37  RBI's: 99    AVG. .299    OBP. .366   SLG: .541

They didn't have to do this, their future is plenty bright.  Mike Trout won Minor League Player of the Year this season and he is only 20.  They also had the runner-up for the A.L. Rookie of the Year award in Mark Trumbo, who plays first base.  The days of Pujols being a dominant player are over, I think they are getting a good player for 2 or 3 years, then an injury prone, replacement level player for the remainder of it.  I give credit to the Cardinals, they realized they were better off without him.


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  1. theblondeprizziDecember 9, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    lol I totally agree with this, but I think Pujols is looking for something later in his career that will allow him to work off the bench, and that's why he switched to AL. He'll probably be the DH for a few seasons, and who knows, he would probably end up coaching if he gets injured or something. My thing is though, why Anaheim?!? He had deals from Miami, and St. Louis (where he is ALREADY a God) and he chooses Anaheim!? Idk.

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  2. John GrosdidierDecember 10, 2011 at 11:11 AM

    Ya i thought about comparing this to Lebron, Lebron took less money to leave but had to have his own tv show, why lebron, why

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  3. theblondeprizziDecember 11, 2011 at 12:36 AM

    lol at least Lebron went somewhere interesting. Pujols must have a disneyland complex or something. who knowss

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