Angels Sign Albert Pujols 10-Year, $250 Million Deal

[deansdaddy]

Well - it's been announced.

Pujols headed to the AL West to join the Angels.

An era in St. Louis ends and a new one begins for the greatest hitter of his generation.

Love to hear what people think about the deal for all those involved.

[Captain Hook]

I think it is obviously great for Pujols and for the Angels who will now go head to head with Texas at an even higher level. It may well be good for the Cardinals as well - we really don't know about their finances but if they couldn't afford to resign Pujols then they couldn't and they will be better for not having overspent.....that said I think they could have signed him last year even if for fewer years but they didn't for whatever the reason.

Other winners are all the teams in the NL Central who won't have to face him eighteen times this year

[Todd Zola]

Selfish SOB that I am, I'm just hoping that we get a little insight as to how this impacts Morales, Trumbo, Abreu, Wells and even Conger.

[aburt19]

Selfish SOB that I am, I'm just hoping that we get a little insight as to how this impacts Morales, Trumbo, Abreu, Wells and even Conger.

A lot of that may depend on the health of Morales. If he's not healthy, that will break the logjam a little bit.

[Todd Zola]

Honestly? I think he is the odd man out, his health will more dictate the means.

That said, there are other ramifications as well, most notably Trumbo and either Wells/Abreu.

[aburt19]

Honestly? I think he is the odd man out, his health will more dictate the means.

That said, there are other ramifications as well, most notably Trumbo and either Wells/Abreu.

Intersting. I assumed that if Morales was healthy enough to play, he would get the lion's share of the DH AB. I figured that
Trumbo would be the most likely to lose AB as I don't buy that he will be successful at 3B. Also given Trumbo being under
team control for the longest, I would think that he has value as a trading chip.

It will be interesting to see what transpires.

[Todd Zola]

Honestly? I think he is the odd man out, his health will more dictate the means.

That said, there are other ramifications as well, most notably Trumbo and either Wells/Abreu.

Intersting. I assumed that if Morales was healthy enough to play, he would get the lion's share of the DH AB. I figured that
Trumbo would be the most likely to lose AB as I don't buy that he will be successful at 3B. Also given Trumbo being under
team control for the longest, I would think that he has value as a trading chip.

It will be interesting to see what transpires.

Here's my thinking...

I admit, I am swayed by Perry's contention that Morales may not be ready opening day plus even if he is, it is just a red flag for me that he took so long to get back.

Now factor in that I think Scioscia likes to use the DH spot to rotate guys, keep them fresh (even before the Wells/Abreu logjam) and I suspect he would prefer not to have the locked down by a guy with no position, unless Albert needs a day off.

The Angels are looking scary. They are in a position to get a 3rd baseman with a better glove than bat which of course is not as costly.