artie_fufkin wrote:

Well, at least we know what happened to that statue outside his restaurant. It makes a plate appearance in Anaheim every third inning.

Rec.

Slappy gets the night off.

APIAD wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

Slappy gets the night off.

Not playing is actually an improvement.

Apparently Slappy didn't agree. 

"And the three-time NL MVP wasn't happy about it. When a group of reporters approached his locker, Pujols said: 'Go ask the manager, not me, guys. I don't make the lineup.'"

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/7894800/albert-pujols-given-day-los-angeles-angels

APIAD wrote:

What a prick.  I mean is is sucking, hurting the team and likely costing them games.  But no, dont sit poor Pujols.  Why he hasnt been dropped in the lineup as well is unbelievable.

I don't wish the guy ill, but at this point you can't help wanting to see how bad it can get. I was thinking the other night, when the game was still fairly close, if there might come a point where Scioscia pulls him for a pinch hitter.

APIAD wrote:

What a prick.  I mean is is sucking, hurting the team and likely costing them games.  But no, dont sit poor Pujols.  Why he hasnt been dropped in the lineup as well is unbelievable.

FWIW, the Angels won last night while Slappy sat on the bench.  I doubt Scioscia has the stones to do it again.  Be even funnier if Pujols returns and they lose.

ETA: Anaheim finally got a home run from a 1st baseman.  Bet they didn't expect the first, first baseman to hit a home run in 2012 would be Mark Trumbo.

Last edited by forsberg_us (5/06/2012 10:00 am)

forsberg_us wrote:

Uh oh.  We better stop guys.  Burwell says we're being unfair.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bryan-burwell/burwell-pujols-deserves-better-than-this/article_40260710-0f8d-5631-9dd2-6075dcd04d34.html

Why do Pujols' rump swabs always conveniently leave out the part where he said he was about winning championships in St. Louis, and not taking the money elsewhere?

From the replay I saw he looked like he watch the thing land from the batters box.  Still a dick.

His career HR per AB is 14.4
His career RBI per AB is 4.8
His career run per AB is 4.9


He is still within reach of a Pujols type year if he started being himself.

He hit .299 with 30someodd home runs and 99 RBIs I think.

He's pretty much in his decline phase, but I don't think anyone expected his decline to hit so suddenly and so dramatically. I don't think he's anywhere close to being finished and would expect him to finish somewhere around .280/.350/.520, which would be pretty good considering where he's at right now.

Two years ago it appears Pujols made a conscious decision to start swinging at everything close to the plate. He's hitting line drives at a tremendous rate and his ground ball rate is down, which leads me to believe his tendency to swing at everything explains most of this start. If/when Pujols decides to stop swinging at trash, he'll be the Machine again.

artie_fufkin wrote:

Top 1st: LA Angels 
- A. Pujols grounded out to shortstop, M. Izturis scored

Hey, he's driving in runs ...

Two RBI tonight.  Raised his average to .198.  He's on fire.

0-4, 4 groundouts. .190/1/9

ZIPS updated projection for Pujols is 28/85/.267.  That is pretty low and still I think it will be hard for him to reach it.

APIAD wrote:

ZIPS updated projection for Pujols is 28/85/.267.  That is pretty low and still I think it will be hard for him to reach it.

In 2011, Mark Trumbo gave Anaheim almost those exact same numbers (.254/29/87) and he did it for $400K.