Albert Pujols decides to return to where it all started - St. Louis Cardinals

Former Angels and Dodgers slugger Albert Pujols has agreed to go back to where he launched his Hall of Fame-caliber career. According to sources, he has signed a one-year, $ 2.5 million deal with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Albert Pujols-Cardinal deal is set to bring back 'the Machine' as Pujols is popularly known to the Cardinals after over ten years.

Pujols could be the right-handed-hitting DH against left-handed starters for the Cardinals. He could also be a deterrent off the bench against lefties in late innings.

The fans are ecstatic to have him back on the team, and warm welcome wishes came up soon after the agreement was publicly announced.

Who is Albert Pujols?

Baseball, a sport played with a bat and ball, is very popular among the masses in North America, particularly so in the United States of America. For followers and devotees of the sport, José Alberto Pujols Alcántara, popularly known as Albert Pujols, is a name that can potentially be synonymous with the very sport.


What are his achievements in the sport of baseball?

• With St. Louis Cardinals, Pujols experienced the very height of his career by winning the National League's Most Valuable Player thrice in 2005, 2008, and 2009.
• With 9 All-Star awards, the first in 2001 followed by consecutive wins from the year 2003 to 2010, and 679 home runs as of the 28th of March, 2022 to boast of, Albert Pujols is probably one of the few players with incredible talent and the fruits of immense hard work.
• Additionally, he was conferred with the Gold Glove Award in 2006 and 2010. His achievements in the sport can probably continue to be listed.
• All that aside, the most significant achievement that he has as a player is perhaps the identity that he made for himself as a player who fans revere for his style and sport.