Shut Albert down

[Jay]

Angels aren't going anywhere, might as well sit Pujols, get him surgery or whatever he needs to get healthy.

 

 

[nando714]

No point. Plantar takes months to heal. Might as well let him play. Opt for surgery in off season

[HaloHonkHenry]

Maybe we can trade him to the Yankees where he will be happy to play for a manager that the players try to win for and hit 60 home runs. We could maybe get some Spitz in return, no not David Sunflower seeds, those cracked pepper flavored Spitz, they are the best.

[Angel Oracle]

Shut him down and get the surgery now.    Recovery time is extensive, at least then he would be ready for 2014.

Maybe for a freaking change, he will actually be healthy.

[CanadianHalo]

Yeah but there's really no point in him continuing to play on it and possibly doing more damage. Guy signed a 10 year contract, i know he said he would retire if he became a burden on the team but im sure his definition of being a burden is a little different then most of ours.

I think it's best that management starts treating this like the 10 year investment it may end up being. If Albert cant walk if 4 years what good does that do the Angels.

I rather have him completely healthy for next season then limping around the field in obvious pain for the next few months.

[yk9001]

Shut him down.

[Brandon]

I don't even think he is at the surgery stage. He isn't making the injury worse. With a plantar issue the remedy is to stay off the foot. Surgery wouldn't fix the issue.

Dr. Clapper has talked about it on ESPN radio.

[Troll Daddy]

Play him!

[xboom28x]

Sit the entire team... play the young studs.

 

 

 

Oh wait...

[Ohtaniland]

Play his ass to the ground and force him to retire early. 2012 was the calf and knee. 2013 plantars. It's just the beginning, we will never get to see the vintage Albert and what's left of him will continue to decline.

[tdawg87]

He gets shut down every night.

[CanadianHalo]

I highly doubt he retires anytime before the 9th year of his contract

[rageous]

Last year it was his knees, this year it's his plantar and his knees.

I get the feeling that he is just old and will never be healthy with the Angels.

[Jay]

He has the plantar fasciitis but he also still has knee problems.  Let's get him back to 100% instead of watching him limp around and take bad swings because he has no legs.

[HaloHonkHenry]

Last year it was his knees, this year it's his plantar and his knees.

I get the feeling that he is just old and will never be healthy with the Angels.

Considering where he originated from, DR, we can all assume his birth certificate isn't real and at some point PED's were used. Add those 2 things together and he is alot older in the real world than what the actual number of the age is.

[Jay]

Last year it was his knees, this year it's his plantar and his knees.

I get the feeling that he is just old and will never be healthy with the Angels.

 

If we shut him down now and give him plenty of time to heal, we'll know one way or another by 2014 if he'll ever be healthy.

[Ohtaniland]

Ok let's shut him down so we can get 4 months of "Oh he's just rusty" in 2014.

[fan_since79]

Albert Pujols, OPS:

 

2010  1.011

2011    .906

2012    .859

2013    .746

 

 

[Ohtaniland]

Lol at those stats. It looks like he's been shutting himself down on his own.

[AZMike]

Ok let's shut him down so we can get 4 months of "Oh he's just rusty" in 2014.

Look at what happened to Josh Hamilton when he took a day off. If Albert is gone for a season there will really be a lot of cobwebs up there to dust off when he returns 

[Angelsjunky]

To be positive for a moment:

 

2012 through May 15: .212/.248/.288 (.536), 1 HR

2013 through May 15: .248/.328/.418 (.746), 6 HR

 

I'll take the latter, thank you very much.

[Angelsjunky]

Actually, it was around this time that Albert started to hit well. It wasn't until June 10th that his OPS got to where its at today.

 

That said, last year was different. His numbers this year are very similar to what they were at this time in 2011.

[Ohtaniland]

AJ, Albert was brought in to take this team to different level. Mission accomplished.

I'm still laughing about 2012 adjustment period that Pujols needed when I see that Vlad hit .337 / 39hrs / 39dbls / 126rbi's / .959ops after spending 8 years in the NL. AS, SS and ALMVP all in his 1st year here.

[70runner]

Pujols long term contract @ $250M = $3B Fox contract over 20yrs.  Probably closer to 36, now off the roids, sit him, play him, Arte doesn't care, he's already got the chicken in the sack.  Astute business move.  Scioscia and Hamilton, not so much.

[Angel Oracle]

With all of that money, it shouldn't hurt Arte to swallow the last 5 seasons ($25 million) of the Scioscia contract after the season.