Albert Pujols released...

[rafibomb]

Just now, Inside Pitch said:

GRATS!  They actually may have found someone WORSE than AP to fill his spot.   Amazing...

Good thing Jo Adell got those like 5 minutes of mentoring from Jon Jay

 

 

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

 

I hope he enjoys Parcheesi

[Dtwncbad]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

 

I intend to play this year too.  Just letting everyone know.

[HanfordGuy]

9 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Here you go

 

Stupid sexy Flanders.

[Taylor]

2 minutes ago, rafibomb said:

Good thing Jo Adell got those like 5 minutes of mentoring from Jon Jay

 

 

Mentors are overrated.

[bloodbrother]

1 minute ago, mmc said:

 

[Chuck]

 

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, Angelsjunky said:

No he's not, by pretty much any measure. During his Cardinals career it looked like he was going to ensconce himself with Gehrig and Foxx as one of the three greatest first basemen ever, and he has ended up fourth all-time in WAR among 1B, but he's far closer to the pack than to those two.

Check it out here. (We can ignore Musial, who played more in the OF than at 1B). Or to put it another way:

1. Gehrig 116.3

2. Foxx 101.8

3. Anson 91.2

4. Pujols 87.0

5. Connor 86.2

6. Bagwell 80.2

Etc.

For wRC+ he's further back in the pack: #20 with 142, and behind guys like Thomas (154), Bagwell (149), Votto (149), Thome (145), and Miggy (144), and tied with Killebrew.

And of course among all position players, he's #28 in WAR and #57 in wRC+ -- both still really good, but there are dozens of greater players.

The only way to call him one of the ten best ever is to ignore his Angels career, and even then he wouldn't have the longevity and would be almost tied with Bagwell in terms of WAR, barely in the top 40. Unfortunately for Pujols, the whole career counts and his second half was just bad and tarnishes his overall greatness.

I'm fine with WAR and wRC+ and shit like that. I get it.

But you can't just completely overlook the "old people" stats.

He's 3rd all time in RBI's. Only Ruth and Aaron have more.

He's 5th all time in doubles. Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb, Pete Rose, and Stan Musial are ahead of him.

He's 5th all time in homeruns. 

So yeah, WAR is great. wRC+. Find some more stats that he isn't impressive in. 

He's in the top 5 in HR, doubles, and RBI's and is 32nd all time in WAR. 

Saying he's one of the top 10 players all time is not at all a ridiculous statement. 

[Ray McKigney]

3 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

 

[mmc]

 

[beatlesrule]

4 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

No he's not, by pretty much any measure. During his Cardinals career it looked like he was going to ensconce himself with Gehrig and Foxx as one of the three greatest first basemen ever, and he has ended up fourth all-time in WAR among 1B, but he's far closer to the pack than to those two.

Check it out here. (We can ignore Musial, who played more in the OF than at 1B). Or to put it another way:

1. Gehrig 116.3

2. Foxx 101.8

3. Anson 91.2

4. Pujols 87.0

5. Connor 86.2

6. Bagwell 80.2

Etc.

For wRC+ he's further back in the pack: #20 with 142, and behind guys like Thomas (154), Bagwell (149), Votto (149), Thome (145), and Miggy (144), and tied with Killebrew.

And of course among all position players, he's #28 in WAR and #57 in wRC+ -- both still really good, but there are dozens of greater players.

The only way to call him one of the ten best ever is to ignore his Angels career, and even then he wouldn't have the longevity and would be almost tied with Bagwell in terms of WAR, barely in the top 40. Unfortunately for Pujols, the whole career counts and his second half was just bad and tarnishes his overall greatness.

I think the fact that him and Hammering Hank are the only 2 players ever with over 3000 hits and 600 doubles and 600 home runs or something like that puts him higher on that list. He has more home runs, more rbi's etc than Gehrig, Foxx and Anson do too. These are not my opinions just what people might be looking at.

[Dtwncbad]

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Mentors are overrated.

That’s what my Dad told me.

[beatlesrule]

8 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

 

[Chuck]

 

[bloodbrother]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

The hubris on this guy lol. Good luck to him finding any team to make him an everyday player.

[failos]

Just now, Chuckster70 said:

 

Lmao

[Dtwncbad]

Just now, Ron Mexico said:

Good fucken bye don't let the door hit you on your 44 year life.. You're a POS that has been stealing money for the past 8 years. This makes me happy I been calling for it for a very long Time over my entire 19 posts on this site. Fuck Pujols 

Fixed it

[fan_since79]

Joe Maddon is on live now on am830.

[beatlesrule]

4 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

[Slegnaac]

3 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

So Albert QUIT, got it.

Edit: Rats, quoted the wrong tweet.

Edited May 6, 2021 by Slegnaac

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

 

Just write the dude a check for $10M now and be done with it.  

[TheLordofOuts]

5 minutes ago, mmc said:

 

So, does that mean Pujols will accept his designation and play in Salt Lake?

[T.G.]

The abrupt way this ended is somewhat stunning. I hope we get the full story at some point, because the speculation is going to be crazy stupid otherwise.

I have mixed feelings about the guy. I never really hated him, but just sort of tolerated his presence on the team as a fan.

I have often thought about the incident with Torii Hunter calling him out as being selfish. I have always viewed him in that light. 

I also think about his relationship with Trout and all the good he has done with his foundation. I think he's a good man. A charitable man. 

He's also prideful which is to his detriment, IMO.

I don't feel sorry for him, but it's sad he has to go out like this. Again, mixed feelings...

At the end of the day, I just want to see the Angels win. He wasn't helping that effort. Hasn't for a while. Obviously.

I said this earlier, but I never thought Arte would do this. That makes it stunning. 

 

[Dtwncbad]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

Just write the dude a check for $10M now and be done with it.  

No make him the team masseuse.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

2 hours ago, Blarg said:

Your lack of partcipation has been noted.

I participated 3 or 4 times.....