Will ground into his 400th double play this season, the first player to ever do so.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 5 April 2021 18:38 (three years ago) link
Was intrigued by the IBB, so I looked it up:
Bottom of the 8th, Angels down by a run; two out, Trout on first, José Iglesias on deck. Pujols had homered earlier in the game.
I don't know Iglesias at all (sorry Andy K), but in a small sample last year (142 AB), he hit .373. Seems like a terrible move situationally: Pujols has to homer again to put L.A. ahead, a double from Iglesias will do it. As someone on the MLB site put it, La Russa still has his head in 2011.
It worked, though.
― clemenza, Monday, 5 April 2021 21:10 (three years ago) link
someone said the walk was to get the 3rd batter in before pulling the pitcher.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 5 April 2021 21:29 (three years ago) link
xp pujols won't even score from first on a triple
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 April 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
more alarming is putting the tying run into scoring position, of course
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 April 2021 21:46 (three years ago) link
Is the 3-batter rule for relievers still in effect this season?
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Monday, 5 April 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
It is
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 5 April 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
Yeah, should have led with that--especially with Trout on 2nd. Didn't think about the third-batter rule (because I've been so disengaged post-pandemic, I didn't even know it was in effect).
― clemenza, Monday, 5 April 2021 23:38 (three years ago) link
BASERUNNINGSB: Pujols (1, 3rd base off Cody/Trevino)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 06:01 (three years ago) link
!!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 09:32 (three years ago) link
A. Pujols homered (420 ft.) to deep left center
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 03:56 (three years ago) link
Lol
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 12:48 (three years ago) link
Nice bittersweet Pujols post by Posnanski today in The Athletic.
― clemenza, Saturday, 24 April 2021 02:17 (three years ago) link
The Los Angeles Angels are releasing future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols today, per sources. Pujols is in the final year of his 10-year, $253 million contract.— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) May 6, 2021
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, May 6, 2021 12:52 PM (two minutes ago)
i guess i will take this to Prince Albert Pujols, he reigneth but i really hope/expect that he will in a cardinals uniform for a few home games at the end
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, May 6, 2021 12:54 PM (0 seconds ago)
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
His reigneth hath ended.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 6 May 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/dBWkkFdkxV— Old Hoss Radbourn(e) (@OldHossRadbourn) May 6, 2021
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 May 2021 18:53 (three years ago) link
releasing him was a gift, i guess, because it allows another team to start a new contract with him, right? probably much less than the $24M/yr he was making before.
unless some other team really does want his services for the rest of the year (for PR value i guess), i think the cardinals wouldn't add him onto the team until either they're out of contention or they've made the playoffs. the NL Central is mediocre and he really would make the team worse. it's too bad the DH wasn't added to the NL in time, i think they would actually pick him earlier if it were possible
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link
He's about 180 RBI behind Aaron--probably would have caught him if he'd split the difference between then and now the past few years. Released on Willie Mays's 90th birthday, the last guy he passed on the HR list.
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 May 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
yea Covid robbed him of his chance at 700
― frogbs, Thursday, 6 May 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link
yikes, apparently he was voicing his displeasure after not being played yesterday (in some matchup that would hypothetically be good for him or whatever), then released today. sheesh. maybe he really does want to just join some other team for a few more shitty months. i still think that at the end of the season they will make the STL reunion happen for at least a night
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link
kinda wonder what’s driving him now. more counting stats? he’s a guaranteed hall of farmer and he’s super rich. is he not embarrassed by hitting .198? does he think he’s a swing tweak away from returning to the production of ten years ago? does he just really really like playing baseball, even poorly?
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:01 (three years ago) link
more counting stats?
it seems so fucking dumb/petty, but yeah, i think he very much wants to hit 700 or something? that's 33 more *gulp*
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:28 (three years ago) link
I'm always interested in non-baseball-media attention to baseball--lead story on what remains of CNN's sports coverage.
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link
While his career may end during a 2-game hitting streak, he was also 2 for his last 18.
I was actually surprised at low his slash this year was (.198/.250/.372), all career lows. Bonds' age 41 slash was .270/.454/.545 in comparison.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 6 May 2021 21:08 (three years ago) link
I am kinda mad about this! it’s rude. drink the whole damn glass, halos
― brimstead, Thursday, 6 May 2021 21:57 (three years ago) link
He’s lucky they didn’t do this a year or two ago.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:53 (three years ago) link
Pujols' decade with the Angels:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pujolal01.shtml#2012-2021-sum:batting_standard
I'd be interested in seeing the list of players who would turn up in a Similarity Score match: 222 HR, .256/.311/.447, 108 OPS+. Just based on OPS+, here are some of the names you get:
Sid BreamJay BruceTommy DavisVince DiMaggioRalph GarrDave HendersonElston HowardHarvey KuennMike LowellRico PetrocelliMiguel TejadaRondell White
― clemenza, Friday, 7 May 2021 03:44 (three years ago) link
One thing he will probably just miss is becoming the fourth player with 6,000 total bases (after Aaron, Musial, and Mays; Bonds fell 24 short). He's at 5,955.
― clemenza, Friday, 7 May 2021 16:02 (three years ago) link
Albert Pujols played 1,181 games with the Angels and had 1,180 hits.Erick Aybar played 1,220 games with the Angels and had 1,223 hits
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 9 May 2021 17:04 (three years ago) link
Interesting HOF argument for Aybar.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 9 May 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
pujols: 12.9 bWAR, one all-star appearance, $240maybar: 23.0 bWAR, one all-star appearance, $37m
― mookieproof, Sunday, 9 May 2021 19:38 (three years ago) link
lol i hadn't known that aybar's nickname was 'admiral'
― mookieproof, Sunday, 9 May 2021 19:42 (three years ago) link
The Dodgers have agreed to a Major League deal with Albert Pujols, a source told MLB.com's Mark Feinsand on Saturday. Jorge Castillo of the Los Angeles Times was the first to report the news.
The club has not confirmed the deal.
Pujols, 41, cleared waivers on Thursday after being designated for assignment by the Angels a week prior. He hit .198 with five homers and 12 RBIs over 86 at-bats for the Halos before being let go. The future Hall of Famer sits at 667 career homers, 33 shy of 700.
https://www.mlb.com/news/albert-pujols-deal-with-dodgers
ok
― parenthetically yours, (Karl Malone), Saturday, 15 May 2021 20:36 (three years ago) link
the dodgers need...publicity? the slowest player in the league who expects to play every day because he's due?
― parenthetically yours, (Karl Malone), Saturday, 15 May 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
this makes sense, the dodgers are famous for both having a lot of playing time available for terrible players and being a stupid enough organization to give a lot of playing time to terrible players
― ✖, Saturday, 15 May 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link
but whoever got him, good: my ultimate desire is for the cardinals to get him on the last couple days of the season, and that wasn't going to work if another team didn't pick him up in the meantime, because i really didn't want to watch him play from now until mid-october
― parenthetically yours, (Karl Malone), Saturday, 15 May 2021 22:24 (three years ago) link
Not a move I understand.
― clemenza, Saturday, 15 May 2021 22:29 (three years ago) link
also, in terms of PR value, i think the fans around los angeles are probably pretty good with how much they've gotten to see him play over the last half of his career?
― parenthetically yours, (Karl Malone), Saturday, 15 May 2021 23:49 (three years ago) link
Scenarios, including the Karl Malone Scenario:
https://www.mlb.com/news/albert-pujols-dodgers-scenarios
― clemenza, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
thing about scenario 7 (the one where pujols gets on a hot streak and is decent again) is that it would lead to scenario 7b (pujols decides to play one more, shitty, year with the kc royals or something)
― parenthetically yours, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 23:55 (two years ago) link
teams are vaguely interested this year because they can have him for nothing; next year he'll be lucky to get a minor league contract with a spring training invitation. i don't see him playing for $1m plus incentives
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 01:13 (two years ago) link
oh of course, that does make sense. in that case, i root for him to either rule one more time or to completely suck and say goodbye with the cardinals for a few days
― parenthetically yours, (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 01:26 (two years ago) link
Is he famous for being a nice clubhouse guy? It’s good to have nice clubhouse guys around.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 04:22 (two years ago) link
2021, pre-trade: 92 PA, .198/.250/.372, 70 wRC+2021, post-trade: 71 PA, .269/.310/.522, 130 wRC+
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 19 June 2021 01:40 (two years ago) link
his rolling 15-game wOBA is the highest it's been since 2016 (which was also the last year he put up positive fWAR).
https://i.imgur.com/iscRYe1.png
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 19 June 2021 01:44 (two years ago) link
senior circuit
― mookieproof, Saturday, 19 June 2021 02:17 (two years ago) link
I can fix him
― frogbs, Saturday, 19 June 2021 02:57 (two years ago) link
Albert Pujols is the 4th player to reach 6,000 total bases in his career.The other players to reach the mark are Hank Aaron, Stan Musial, and Willie Mays.— MLB Stats (@MLBStats) July 6, 2021
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
his OPS+ with the dodgers is still positive! 106! first time over 100 since 2016. of course his defense drags his overall value back into the negative, even just considering his time with LA, but
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 19:07 (two years ago) link
sad
― John Stockton buying a used car from (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 00:02 (two years ago) link