This is a new series of articles from mlb.com that looks at a different outcomes if something happened differently. This article covers the alternate possibilities if Pujols had re-signed with the Cardinals.
Most of the stuff mentioned are things we've discussed endlessly, but one of the things I found interesting is that they suggest we would not have signed Hamilton if we didn't have Pujols. How he comes up with this, I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something.
https://www.mlb.com/news/albert-pujols-stays-with-cardinals-scenarios