Pujols has been terrible

[Lou]

1 minute ago, bloodbrother said:

Aybar makes up that huge OPS difference with his immaculate 0.00 ERA in 1.1 IP this season

And his funny antics 

Pujols hasn't been funny since the Puig and Rodney incidents. 

[yk9001]

Just now, Lou said:

They were both smart enough to invest their money. No different than someone who makes a billion dollars on any other investment. If you make a ton of money on the stock market, you actually didn't do a damn thing. 

Then he's gotten stupid.

[fan_since79]

152nd out of 156 qualifying hitters in MLB in OPS

And he will remain in the three-spot in our friggin lineup until Scioscia is gone (after 2018, unless extended by Arte)

Edited August 11, 2017 by fan_since79

[yk9001]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

152nd out of 156 hitters in the AL in OPS

And he will remain in the three-spot in our friggin lineup until Scioscia is gone (after 2018, unless extended by Arte)

He's really been swinging the bat well, the hits just haven't been falling.....

[Homebrewer]

15 hours ago, Stradling said:

Also how do you know he greedily asked for any of those things?  Arte wanted a "business" partner.  Arte probably offered those things, Albert accepted.  Albert was not just a generational player before he came here he was also one of the most respected men in the game.  

That's right! I forgot about the whole "business partner" aspect, which was a huge point in Albert's signing.

So, this means that Albert is going to be spending some of his income on FA's, right?

[Angel Oracle]

54 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

 

Miggy on the list and has an OPS 100 pts higher than Albert. 

In all honesty though, this is the first time Cabrera's OPS has dropped drastically.    Ghost Pujols' OPS has been WELL below his St. L. numbers since 2013; and this is just the final drop before he heads towards retirement hopefully after the 2018 season. 

[fan_since79]

I've said it before, he's no Babe Ruth.

And I'm not talking about talent. I'm talking about integrity. Ruth stepped away from the game the moment he had his own steep decline two months into the 1935 season, giving up three years of guaranteed salary.

 

[Angel Oracle]

I'm happy with him being a part-time player in 2018, which should still net him 3000 hits, and then he can settle with the team and walk away from playing.    If they could absorb some $70+ million to let Hackilton go, they can absorb a little more and have Pujols no longer play for them after 2018.   Maybe Bonilla the 2021 salary, so that about $15-$17 million AAV gets freed up that season, the first year of a new contract for Trout.  

[Lou]

2 hours ago, yk9001 said:

Then he's gotten stupid.

He's still making money 

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, Homebrewer said:

That's right! I forgot about the whole "business partner" aspect, which was a huge point in Albert's signing.

So, this means that Albert is going to be spending some of his income on FA's, right?

He is not a business partner, this is a personal services contract. Someone has to drive the limo. 

[Lou]

2 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

I've said it before, he's no Babe Ruth.

And I'm not talking about talent. I'm talking about integrity. Ruth stepped away from the game the moment he had his own steep decline two months into the 1935 season, giving up three years of guaranteed salary.

 

LOL integrity? Babe Ruth? This Babe Ruth ? --->

 

"In 1923, the original Yankee Stadium opened in the Bronx and Babe Ruth was the American League MVP in the award’s second year of existence. That fall, Ruth led the Yankees to the franchise’s first World Series win. More success followed in 1924 as Ruth led the league with a .378 batting average and 46 HR. At this point, Ruth’s star had grown so bright that the slugger’s social life began to overrun his baseball career.

Things came to a head when the Babe missed part of spring training and 56 games of the 1925 season largely due to his appetite for booze and women. In this edition of our tour through MLB history, we look at the year Ruth drank himself out of the lineup and the “Bellyache Heard ‘Round the World” that followed an epic offseason of partying and his 30th birthday celebration on February 6.

Ruth becomes mortal

Because he played at such a high level while showcasing an endless tolerance for women, whiskey, cigars, and hot dogs, Yankees fans and teammates considered the Babe something like immortal since his Bronx arrival in 1920. When the carousing caught up with him in 1925, Ruth fell hard. It started when he showed up at Spring Training weighing somewhere between 255 and 270 pounds. Flu-like symptoms and stomach problems plagued the inflated slugger throughout training camp in St. Petersburg, Fla.

On the way back to New York, the Yankees staged their usual run of exhibition games through the South and Mid-Atlantic to break up the long train ride. According to MiLB.com, Ruth did not take well to the trip through the Great Smoky Mountains. After landing in Asheville, N.C., Ruth fainted at the train station and was taken to a hotel for treatment by local physicians. Rumors of the Babe’s death began to circulate after another episode that week.

‘The Bellyache Heard ‘Round the World’

Ruth did not fully recover during the Asheville stopover. On his way to New York for treatment, he fainted again on the train, which prompted journalists to print stories he was dying (or actually had died) along the way. According to MiLB.com, a London newspaper published an obituary of the partied-out slugger, which led a New York Tribune reporter to call the episode ‘The Bellyache Heard ‘Round the World.”

Eventually, Ruth made it to New York and received treatment for an intestinal abscess, which kept him bedridden through April and most of May. Rumors that hot dogs, moonshine, and venereal disease were the cause of Ruth’s ailments made the rounds in spring of 1925, but most agreed he had dug his immune system a deep hole with his offseason celebrations. Without their great slugger, the Yankees flopped, finishing ahead of only the Ruth-deprived Red Sox in the American League.

The team likely would not have done much better with Ruth in the lineup. Once theSultan of Swat got back on the field, he clubbed 25 home runs and hit .290 in 98 games but continued keeping the party going. (His roommate on road trips claimed he only ever saw the Babe’s suitcase back at the hotel.) This Great Game recounts an episode later in the year when Yankees skipper Miller Huggins dockedRuth $5,000 of his 1925 salary, which was a huge sum at the time."

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, hangin n wangin said:

Scioscia should do the right thing and either bench him or move him down in the line up because he is the manager and it's his responsibility to put the best line up out there every night.

I agree

[yk9001]

23 hours ago, heRo said:

27 pages and counting.  Albert has never given less than 100% from what I've seen.  I don't get all the hate.  We knew when we signed him the back half of the contract wouldn't be pretty.  Maybe not this ugly this soon, but name a long term huge contract that DID turn out well.

He jogs down the line every single time. Jogs.

[beatlesrule]

16 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

He jogs down the line every single time. Jogs.

Let me remind you of his career stats.

[GrittyVeterans]

his OBP is now below .270. 

[floplag]

For the love of god someone have the balls  to sit him for a week or so, its getting literally embarrassing. 

[CanadianHalo]

34 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

He jogs down the line every single time. Jogs.

You are being very generous by calling that a jog.

More like a walk with a slight hop

[GrittyVeterans]

7 minutes ago, playball89 said:

For the sake of the team and God's great Angels in the outfield, make a sensible lineup and put Pujols where he belongs, the 6 hole.

No way a guy with a .268 OBP and .640 OPS belongs in the 6th hole. He belongs in a retirement home

[fan_since79]

33 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Let me remind you of his career stats.

That's right! Over 600 home runs, 600 doubles, almost 2,900 hits, etc etc.

He plays every day, and in the three-spot!

Who cares about current production? That's overrated.

[tdawg87]

Pujols needs to bat benchth.

[Docwaukee]

I will absolve Albert of his sins if he were to carry us through the playoffs with his bat this year.  

[Glen]

2 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Pujols needs to bat benchth.

As I said yesterday, he needs to bat behind Norris.

That said, hope he builds on today. 

[stormngt]

14 hours ago, Lou said:

They were both smart enough to invest their money. No different than someone who makes a billion dollars on any other investment. If you make a ton of money on the stock market, you actually didn't do a damn thing. 

In all fairness you would have to pick the right stocks.

[Lou]

Pretty happy he was in the lineup tonight

[Lou]

12 minutes ago, stormngt said:

In all fairness you would have to pick the right stocks.

And Arte had to choose going into the billboard and baseball business. He is directly responsible for the success of his businesses. 

 A guy buying stock is not. 

Edited August 12, 2017 by Lou