Pujoles returned to the Cardinals for the final season
Albert Pujols confirmed that this would be the last season of his undisputed Hall of Fame career – and that he would come with the same Cardinals organization where he started and where he enjoyed his greatest success – The formal, nostalgic tour is complete with a delightful, Hollywood-type ending.
No, the Pujols are back in the Cardinals Red to try to be the most feared slugger in the game and he is here to push St. Louis for another World Series championship, he reiterated after rejoining his former team on Monday. Contract of the year. The terms of the deal have not been announced, but it is worth 2.5 million, a source told MLB.com’s Mark Finnsand.
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Only time will tell if the 42-year-old Pujol can do the same kind of magic when he created two championships, three MVP awards and a 10-year streak of minimum hits in 2001-11 in his previous run with the Cardinals in 2001-11. .300 and smashing 30 or more home runs. Pujoles said he hopes to get out of this final run in a jersey featuring birds on the bat, with a shiny and running mentality that became synonymous with his first run in St. Louis.
“For me, I think I’m here for a reason,” said Pujols, who had just crossed the Roger Dean Stadium right-field fence the day before and had gone the wrong way to join his Cardinals teammates in the dugout. They lost 2-1 to the Astros. “They believe I can still play this game and they believe I can help this organization win the championship. And I believe that too. ”
One of the greatest players in Cardinal’s rich history, alongside Hall of Famers Stan Musical, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock and Ozzy Smith – Pujoles – catcher Yadier Molina rejoins the franchise as he enters his 19th year and the final season, and pitcher Adam Wainwright is also out. Is about to fall. Wainwright, who hit two of four hits in five innings on Monday, believes Pujols will be on a mission to show that he has plenty of balance in the tank as a hitter.
“He seems to be in good shape, and he’s motivated,” said Wainwright, who reported that Pujols woke him up Monday with a “bare hug” from his pregame nod.
“Any time Albert is inspired, it’s a very, very dangerous thing,” Wainwright said. “He’s inspired to show people that he’s not too old or on a hill. I don’t think he wants to be nostalgic; He wants to go out and prove something. That chip is great for carrying on your shoulders. It’s nice to love, it’s a good thing and no one loves it more. But he wants to prove himself. “
Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt Jr. saw an immediate response from Pujols’ addition – when he arrived at the team’s headquarters on Monday morning, he saw a fan wearing the No. 5 jersey. David Jr. called the signature a “spring feature.”
The Pujols are scoring an impressive 700 runs in their 21st season – much of the damage has been done by their historic runs with the Cardinals in their 11th season. He hit .328 and scored 445 home runs with the Redbirds, was named an All-Star nine times and won two Gold Glove Awards.
Pujoles, who left St. Louis in 2011 to sign a 10-year, $ 240 million free-agent deal with the Angels, has given St. Louis an emotional return in recent years, playing for the Anaheim and Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2019, current Cardinals Dakota Hudson and J.A. Happ last season – perhaps allowed him to dream of returning to St. Louis to complete his career.
“There was always hope, so you never close the door,” Pujols said. “The organization has never closed the door for me and I have never closed the door. That is a great opportunity. Everything always happens in God’s time, and now is the right time. I’m back here and I’m very excited. “
Wainwright, a fellow of the Pujols in St. Louis in 2005-11, said he has been in a very awkward position due to home runs at Bush Stadium in recent years. On the one hand, he wanted to support his fellow Cardinals pitchers, but he was also very happy for his close friend.
“We’ve never had a hard time,” said Wainwright, who admitted he had lobbied management in recent days to re-sign Pujols. “It simply came to our notice then.
“It simply came to our notice then. Dakota is pitching and he is throwing bowling ball sinkers and Albert picks one up. In the dugout, I was trying to laugh. I was like, ‘Oh my God, my teammate just left home, but I did
