Orange County Register: Angels' Pujols says he feels fine, even if early numbers suggest otherwise

[AngelsWin.com]

HOUSTON – One might think Albert Pujols isn’t quite himself, lugging a .200 average and no homers through the first week of the season.Except he is.But before a panic starts about his numbers, the 34-year-old Pujols would like to remind that...

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[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Ha

Haha.

Ha

Hahaha

Jajaja (translation en español)

[NrM]

What's he going to say? He's old and declining?

[70runner]

what he's mostly lugging around is old age and extra weight

[bloodbrother]

Did he say to look at his career stats? He loves mentioning that when being pointed out that he stinks nowadays

[UndertheHalo]

its only 6 games into the season, why dont we give the guy a few more weeks.  Not easy being patient with him at this point, but really its way early. 

[fan_since79]

Feels fine, can't hit.

 

Okay. Got it.

[eligrba]

Nothing is more difficult than to manage a fading superstar.

[Erstad Grit]

Oh phew, I feel better now.

[jshep]

The claim that he feels fine actually makes his struggles more unsettling for me.

[Ohtaniland]

The hair fell off of my Albert Pujols Chia Pet before opening day. 

[fan_since79]

What's he going to say? He's old and declining?

Babe Ruth took himself out of a game in May, 1935 and retired a couple days later because he had finally lost it.

 

Of course, he was 40 years old at the time. An unusual example of an incredible and lengthy career, with an instant decline at the end.

[Homebrewer]

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Nah, I'll pass.

[Stradling]

I don't understand the point of this article/thread. He's healthy, that's good. He's either struggling or he's completely lost it. Even great hitters go through slumps, so we have to hope its a slow start. It's only one week guys, he had a great first week last year then dealt with injuries. It's not an excuse it's a fact. As far as his slow start we don't know what's causing it.

[Troll Daddy]

Do you think this is why Pujols signed with the Angels and not the Cardinals? He was a god in St. Louis. He spared the Cardinals and their fans what we are now watching.

[Stradling]

Do you think this is why Pujols signed with the Angels and not the Cardinals? He was a god in St. Louis. He spared the Cardinals and their fans what we are now watching.

No, I think he signed because we offered him the most money and Arte sold him on the idea of partnership.

[Ohtaniland]

I don't understand the point of this article/thread. He's healthy, that's good. He's either struggling or he's completely lost it. Even great hitters go through slumps, so we have to hope its a slow start. It's only one week guys, he had a great first week last year then dealt with injuries. It's not an excuse it's a fact. As far as his slow start we don't know what's causing it.

 

I'm ok with a one week slow start but...................if he's 100% healthy like he says he is why does he refuse to hustle to first base on a ground ball. He's supposed to be a leader on the field and set an example. He will probably flip his bat when he hits his first home run though.

[Troll Daddy]

You can't help but wonder if he was juicing in St. Louis. You would be lying if you said you weren't .

[fan_since79]

Albert Pujols OPS

 

2009  1.101

2010  1.011

2011    .906

2012    .859

2013    .767

2014    .561 (Extremely small sample size this year, but what concerns me is that Albert has EIGHT more years to go on his contract.)

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

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Nah, I'll pass.

lol

[Redondo]

 

Father time catches up with everyone.

[Inside Pitch]

High Heat Stats â€@HighHeatStats  5m

Albert Pujols' last 162 games 6/27/2012 to yesterday

 

29 HR 109 RBI

.270/.330/.477

53 BB 89 K

 

#SimplyHuman #Angels

[Glen]

Jeff Fletcher has to be stoked.  He knows that he has an article for the first week of the next three seasons with this (at least), all he has to do is change the dateline and submit it.  

[Hollyw00d]

Albert Pujols OPS

 

2009  1.101

2010  1.011

2011    .906

2012    .859

2013    .767

2014    .561 (Extremely small sample size this year, but what concerns me is that Albert has EIGHT more years to go on his contract.)

 

 

in 2020 his OPS will be .137

[Guest]

in 2020 his OPS will be .137

 

By 2021 Pujols will have turned into a slightly slower version of Peter Bourjos (OPS of 0.071). 

Edited April 7, 2014 by ScottLux