Albert Pujols, one of baseball’s all-time leading sluggers, was released by the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday, the team announced.
The future Hall of Famer and three-time MVP – in the final season of a $ 253 million 10-year contract – batted just .198 with five home runs and a career-low .622 OPS in 24 games for the final-place. Used to be. Angels (13-16) this season.
The 41-year-old Pujols ranked fifth on baseball’s all-time home run list and third with 6 RBIs – behind only Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth – over 2,112 in 21 major-league seasons with the Cardinals and Angels.
Puzols was “upset” that he was excluded from the lineup against the Rays on Wednesday, and said he had to decide from the bench [the] Front office no [manager] Joe Madden, ” According to a tweet Defeated writer Mike Diagovina by the Los Angeles Times.
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