Fun facts: Pujols' OPS+ of 73 is still better than Dalbec, Renfroe, and Franchy, slightly lower than Marwin at 77. His 5 HRs would be 4th on the Red Sox.
Angels to release Albert Pujols
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This does not jibe with my memory at all. It was a clear overpay at the time, and I don't think that was a minority opinion. No one knew it would go that badly that quickly, but it never seemed like a really good idea.
Yeah, he can still hit the ball hard. His max exit velocity is 90th percentile this year (112.9 mph) and his average exit velocity is 68th percentile (90.5 mph).
The below single and HR from the past two weeks are his two hardest hit balls since 2016:
He also has a 446 ft HR (4/20/21, MLB video) that is his longest hit since 2017.
I wonder what kind of hit his speed makes on his OPS. He's the slowest runner in baseball by far, so the infield can play way back and anything hit on the ground is an out. And what would be doubles for other hitters are singles for him.
He has a way of making old catchers look fast.
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/sprint_speed?year=2021&position=&team=&min=10&sort=7&sortDir=asc
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For shits and giggles, if Pujols's age was listed as 35 instead of 31 when he signed with the angels, what kind of contract would he have gotten? Seems like a pretty good incentive to not correct your age up even 2-4 years.
Lucky for us that the four of them combined will make less than a quarter of his salary this season.
What if it wasn't just aging? What if he decided to cut off the PEDs in order to protect his health or got lazy after he got paid?
I will continue to believe that the LaRussa Cardinals had a sophisticated sign-stealing operation that would make Houston’s look like amateur hour, and that’s what Albert was missing after he left. I have no hard evidence of this, but neither do those who are accusing him of PED use.
I always thought Albert had the same injury that destroyed Allen Craig's career and could barely walk to 1B anymore. Hence the terrible sprint speed and needing to sell out for power to hit anything. He is obviously more talented than Craig so he dropped to just bad instead of sub .500 OPS bad.
edit: fair enough, sorry, should remember what I have posted in this thread already. no posting before sunday morning coffee
edit: fair enough, sorry, should remember what I have posted in this thread already. no posting before sunday morning coffee
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