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I knew this would happen, when I saw his contract I lol'd

Nobody is worth that much money and certainly not a player on the other side of 30

Cardinals played it perfectly. Got the best hitter of a generation for an average of around 11 million a year and when he wanted to get paid they let the Angels pay him.

My favorite NFL team, The Titans, did the same thing with a far lesser player in Haynesworth. They should have done the same with Chris Johnson but they panicked and cut the check.

Yeah true that

Paying these dudes huge salaries almost always backfires

Oh and this thread is stupid. He'll still end the year .300 35hrs 100rbi and average about that for the next 6 years.

And he'll sell that much money in tickets, jerseys, tv contracts, etc

That's a bit of a stretch. Nolan Ryan says hi. AP is killing me on my fantasy team, been riding the pine for a week now.

People keep saying this but it still hasn't happened.

He got booed, that's not going to help jersey sales UNTIL the man starts to hit.

Over 100 bats without a HR, lOngest streak without a HR in the league only behind Michael Bourne.

He looks bad too, his ABs aren't close.

Fast food culture. He'll be mashing in 15-30 days.

More than likely yeah, but he could get hurt too

Give me the choice between Pujols and Votto and im taking Votto. No homer of course. So glad we locked hin up for the next 12 years.

Now thinking about it a little, his power numbers may drop significantly and not just because of age... Outside of Texas, the AL West have pitcher parks in Anaheim, Oakland (massive foul territory) and Seattle. Only 9 games in Arlington every year to get those easy dingers.

I live in St Louis. If you want to start an interesting conversation, just say "So, how 'bout that Albert Pujols?" The whole room will light up. Everyone in this town is a baseball fan, and everyone is reveling in Pujols situation. Haven't found a single person giving the dude an ounce of sympathy.

I wonder how Big Al's ego is holding up? No HR's... Batting in the 0.100's... Getting boo'd...

Next step - getting dropped to 6-7 in the batting order. The Angels have some 0.280+ hitters that really should be batting higher in the order.

knew this would happen...albeit not to this extent and I am a little surprised he is doing this bad but:

1) he got a huge contract with a lot of secured money, less motivation
2) new ballpark, this is a pitcher's ballpark unlike that in St. Louis
3) he now plays in the AL and he's clearly not making the transition well
4) chemistry with his teammates, does he have it? from the views of the dugout, I'd say no
5) new hitting coach, possibly has different ideas and is working on his swing in ways he isn't used to or at least looks that way

I laughed when someone in my fantasy league took him #1 overall, I tried to talk him out of it but he was defiant. I had Pujols last year and there was just too many changes for him to be the same person he was right out of the gate. Now Pujols will prob still reach 25-30 HRs, bat close to .300 and hit in around 80-90 RBIs but he just looks awful at the plate. His stance is looking uncomfortable, and he's not seeing the ball well. He's trying so hard that he's swinging at any and everything.

I like Pujols but he is seriously on the decline