Pujols has another foot surgery. Rehab is 4 months

[bloodbrother]

The #Angels and Pujols had said since September, and as recently as a month ago, that Pujols did not need surgery. Apparently, that changed.

— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) December 3, 2016

[Richard]

In before "How come he didn't just do it the day the season ended?!?!?!?"

[fan_since79]

In other news, the Sun rose in the east today.

 

 

[CanadianHalo]

 

[CanadianHalo]

This will not end well...

[Second Base]

Fortunately, Pujols doesn't need a ton of AB's to be game ready, and he's a relatively quick healer.   He'll be good to go by Opening Day. 

[bloodbrother]

Are these yearly surgeries on his feet part of the incentives in his contract?

[totdprods]

Imagine this means Cron and Marte are pretty unlikely to be traded, unless they wanted to do something crazy and sign one of the many 1B/DH types out there in an accompanying move. 

Hopefully Pujols doesn't rush back, as I think he did last year. I remember he wasn't supposed to be ready for Opening Day, but he rushed back and there he was. He started pretty awful but really picked up after a month or so, and then tailed off again near the end of the year when it flared back up. Hopefully they try and go it a little more conservatively this time. Maybe with Marte and Cron now they will.

[Richard]

Seems like the annual cycle of

Pujols hurt foot>has surgery>comes back sooner than expected and says he's 100% healthy>has foot problems again in July

[bloodbrother]

Didn't PUjols say he planned on playing 1B more next season too?

[Angel Oracle]

I don't want to see him within a mile of 1B, except as a batter! 

[nando714]

Right foot fatigue

[Inside Pitch]

 

Pretty sure he's running out of plantar fascias....   Doc isn't the typical surgery to slice the thing and it's gone?

[Homebrewer]

[ettin]

I highly recommend you go to the hospital now Claude your erection has already lasted 4 hours.

[Chimi]

This is just Pujols way of not having to do spring training. Just as bad as NFL veterans missing all of training camp and then the season starts and their suddenly better.

[tdawg87]

He'll hit 30 homeruns anyway.

 

[CaliAngel]

1 hour ago, Scotty@AW said:

Fortunately, Pujols doesn't need a ton of AB's to be game ready, and he's a relatively quick healer.   He'll be good to go by Opening Day. 

Like we haven't heard this before...dude should have been under the needle in September when we were out of the race. What is this December bullshit? 

Straight up, the dude needs to slim down and lose some weight. It would not kill him to be 20, 30, maybe 40 pounds lighter. 

[halomatt]

If he'd just lose 30 pounds or so, his feet would stop hurting so damn much.  Wouldn't hurt for him to run a Whole 30 for a month or two.  Lard ass. 

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttt. 

[JAHV76]

Where's the Barbaro forklift video?

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, Inside Pitch said:

 

Pretty sure he's running out of plantar fascias....   Doc isn't the typical surgery to slice the thing and it's gone?

they just finish off whatever partial tear was already there and then it scar down.  It's why Pujols runs like a cartoon character.  He kicks his feet out in front of him because he can't plant.  

[Docwaukee]

Albert's feet use the metric system.  

[Glen]

Has Claude's erection gone down yet after reading this?

[m0nkey]

Yeah it's been an hour and no claude or stradling yet

[CaliAngel]

8 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

they just finish off whatever partial tear was already there and then it scar down.  It's why Pujols runs like a cartoon character.  He kicks his feet out in front of him because he can't plant.  

He runs like an idiot. Having 240 pounds constantly landing on an ankle when running instead of landing on the balls of the feet makes no sense. 

Someone needs to teach him how to run, and he needs to lose weight.