Pujols last 30 games

[Stradling]

Yea, he looks hurt in the batters box, when he swings and misses or fouls a pitch off he is favoring one leg.  I don't think it is about Scioscia having the power, ask anyone on here NO ONE has more power anywhere in the world as Scioscia does for the Angels.  I think Scioscia looks at names like Marte and Cron and figures Albert has as good a chance running into a hot stretch as those guys have of performing.  Also Albert has performed better this year with runners on base or in scoring position.  

[beatlesrule]

Meanwhile David Ortiz is 4 years older and blowing away Pujols for wayyyyyyyyy cheaper......

[Angel Oracle]

32 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Yea, he looks hurt in the batters box, when he swings and misses or fouls a pitch off he is favoring one leg.  I don't think it is about Scioscia having the power, ask anyone on here NO ONE has more power anywhere in the world as Scioscia does for the Angels.  I think Scioscia looks at names like Marte and Cron and figures Albert has as good a chance running into a hot stretch as those guys have of performing.  Also Albert has performed better this year with runners on base or in scoring position.  

That sure explains a paltry THREE XBH's so far this month.   Even Gio has more. 

I just don't see Pujols EVER getting through a full season again, without going through these bad powerless stretches.

[Blarg]

On 6/20/2016 at 10:56 AM, eaterfan said:

We probably lost only 2 first round picks. But we also lost Grichuk, we lost value on both Kendrick, Ianetta and Aybar by holding onto them for too long. Also maybe our draft strategy is different. Maybe we don't draft low ceiling college players who could contribute early in Pujols' contract and draft higher ceiling guys who are ready later. Maybe when we trade Trumbo or Conger we trade for higher ceiling prospects or more prospects but are farther from the majors. None of those things on their own bring this from a dead organization to a healthy one, but it certainly improves the situation going forward. Not to mention the over $300 million saved.

We held onto Aybar and Kendrick for their peak performance years and unloaded them at exactly the right time and got high value players for them. 

[beatlesrule]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11349210/angels-albert-pujols-decline-nearly-unprecedented

That's from 2 years ago. It's so pathetic how bad he is.

[thebloob]

No matter who is there to replace him, if you keep trotting him out injured, he will never heal.  Instead of 2 weeks of Cron and a return to a healthier Pujols, you'll get and entire season of this Pujols.

[AngelsLakersFan]

I wonder if Albert takes his car in for an oil change, or if he keeps saying "nope, not today, I need to drive it somewhere"

[IEAngelsfan]

Just now, AngelsLakersFan said:

I wonder if Albert takes his car in for an oil change, or if he keeps saying "nope, not today, I need to drive it somewhere"

Or better yet, if his car needs an oil change and Albert tells himself "nah, nothing will happen if I drive it another 10k miles without changing the oil."

[Stradling]

Albert's car:

"have you seen my miles?"

[AngelsLakersFan]

38 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Albert's car:

"have you seen my miles?"

The "A" odometer is pretty low...

[yk9001]

3 hours ago, thebloob said:

No matter who is there to replace him, if you keep trotting him out injured, he will never heal.  Instead of 2 weeks of Cron and a return to a healthier Pujols, you'll get and entire season of this Pujols.

The injuries are a never endinig excuse.  You keep him out of the lineup until next Opening Day - on about tax day, he's going to have some feet issues, or something else.

[Lou]

21 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

They have plenty of other equally bad contracts. 

$70 million to Cuban Rusney Castillo. 

[Lou]

Lol Albert not in the lineup

Like Clockwork

[Stradling]

56 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

The injuries are a never endinig excuse.  You keep him out of the lineup until next Opening Day - on about tax day, he's going to have some feet issues, or something else.

Yea, F that guy for playing injured.  

[Oz27]

27 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Yea, F that guy for playing injured.  

It is unhelpful for a team's cause for someone to play injured. If that's what he is doing, stop playing and get it fixed.

[tomsred]

4 minutes ago, Oz27 said:

It is unhelpful for a team's cause for someone to play injured. If that's what he is doing, stop playing and get it fixed.

It's unhelpful to play him if you have a replacement, we do not.

[ten ocho recon scout]

43 minutes ago, Lou said:

$70 million to Cuban Rusney Castillo. 

And hanley, and panda, etc. Imagine where theyd be if the dodgers didnt bail them out in the agon trade a cew years back (with the crawford and beckett money)

[NachoPop]

5 minutes ago, tomsred said:

It's unhelpful to play him if you have a replacement, we do not.

Really? Even Marte and Petit have higher OPS than Pujols currently does. Both could cover 1B

[Oz27]

22 minutes ago, tomsred said:

It's unhelpful to play him if you have a replacement, we do not.

He's at -0.2 WAR. Even we have players who can cover that.

[kevinb]

You guys keep saying get it fixed. Am I missing something can you fix old age? deteriorating bones, muscles from years of using and then all of a sudden stop when you got paid huge. There is nothing to fix he's old donezo. I guess you could cut a limb or two off but I am not sure that will help him play at full strength. How did he even get hurt, he has barely played the field or ran. It is either a home run, double play, or strike out. 

[Angel Oracle]

Forty year-old Big Poopy is making Ghost Pujols look like garbage this month.

[nate]

Being 40 and taking all those roids has really destroyed Pujols' lower body.

[Docwaukee]

10 hours ago, Kevinb said:

You guys keep saying get it fixed. Am I missing something can you fix old age? deteriorating bones, muscles from years of using and then all of a sudden stop when you got paid huge. There is nothing to fix he's old donezo. I guess you could cut a limb or two off but I am not sure that will help him play at full strength. How did he even get hurt, he has barely played the field or ran. It is either a home run, double play, or strike out. 

he actually ran hard and beat out a double play the other day.  came up lame.  

it really is sad to see him like this.  

[bloodbrother]

This is around the time of year his lower body blows out so no surprise that his hamstring/ankle are already causing him to sit out some games. He'll return eventually and play even worse in the 2nd half as he hobbles around on bum legs the rest of the way

[Angel Oracle]

Just surpass Mays' 660 HRs for top 5 all time, and then RETIRE!     Hopefully no later than October 2019