OT: Pujols to sign with Angels

[insidethewrapper]

Like was said above, he will need the AL and the DH role more each year, especially in the last 5 years of the contract. Will Prince Fielder get more ? He is much younger !!

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Like was said above, he will need the AL and the DH role more each year, especially in the last 5 years of the contract. Will Prince Fielder get more ? He is much younger !!

I wouldn't think so, he's got several loaves of bread on Albert.

[calvindog]

Basically the Angels are paying for 5 years for $50 million per -- because he's already on the decline and he's not getting younger. The Cardinals dodged a bullet here.

[Michael Peich]

Chris--I am with you on this one. Pujols gives the Angels maybe five years, but his bat speed is declining, injuries are starting, and the final five years of his contract will not be pretty--think Mo Vaughn!

Glad to see him out of the NL, although he was always fun to watch.

Cheers, Mike

[sycks22]

People are already talking about how is body will break down like A-rods. That's a pretty major difference between playing 3B / 1B. There's a reason why you don't see a 40 yr old 3b and late in their careers a lot of stars head to 1b. 10 years for anyone is crazy, but pujols has been pretty amazing. Did anyone else mention that they signed C.J. Wilson today too?

[chaddurbin]

too many dollars and too many years...angels would've been better off giving prince 6-8 years if they were desperate for a 1b bat (which they're not). but hey, not my money so WELCOME TO ANAHEIM albert! will get to see him a few times a year

[Anthony S.]

This does raise the ethical question, which Angels employee will be tasked with the unseemly responsibility of putting a dead hooker in the trunk of Vernon Wells' car in order to take the $87 million still left on his contract off the books. And will they lend that employee to the Giants (cough, Zito).

[novakjr]

This deal does make more sense for an AL team, than it would a NL team. If there's any hiccups, he can still DH... I'm gonna take this back a little to the deal that Thome signed with Philly the first time...That deal didn't make sense for a NL team. For an AL team that deal would've been fine, that way he could've DH'd when things fell apart physically for him... I honestly think that this deal could be the best thing long term for all three parties, LA, St. Loius and Pujols, in regards to the next ten years..