With Seager out they’re already talking Muncy at 2B sometimes now.
They have Bellinger coming back and still need to drop someone to add Pujols to 40 man.
With Seager out they’re already talking Muncy at 2B sometimes now.
behind a pay wall - can you quote some?BottenFieldofDreams wrote: ↑May 16 21, 8:19 pmTrout said he was humiliated everyday to have to play with a guy with Albert's batspeed, wRC+, and fHDP+. He feels like he can finally breath without all the ancient weight around him.
No, not really.
Joe Shlabotnik wrote: ↑May 16 21, 9:38 pmbehind a pay wall - can you quote some?BottenFieldofDreams wrote: ↑May 16 21, 8:19 pmTrout said he was humiliated everyday to have to play with a guy with Albert's batspeed, wRC+, and fHDP+. He feels like he can finally breath without all the ancient weight around him.
No, not really.
“Do you know if anything happened to Albert?” Trout remembered Cishek asking him. “He’s hugging some teammates.”
Trout soon learned what the rest of the baseball world would find out a day later. In a surprise move, the Angels were releasing Albert Pujols. After 10 seasons together, Trout and Pujols would be teammates no more.
“We were all surprised when it happened,” Trout said. “You know, it hit me a little bit — it hit me a lot. Ever since I’ve been up here, he’s been my guy. He mentored me throughout my career so far.”
Trout later added: “I went out there and I broke down a little bit. Just knowing that, he’s been here for the whole time I’ve been here, and how it can be gone just like that. It was tough."
“Everything you can accomplish, on a baseball field, he’s done,” Trout said. “I can go up to him and talk about anything. If I was struggling at the plate, he knows the perfect time to come up and throw something out. He has that feel. I can’t thank him enough. He was an unbelievable person and unbelievable friend to me.”
I don't know that he'll get anything more. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what I've read, but won't the Dodgers just pay him league minimum? Isn't that then an offset from the Angels contract, or is that extra earned income because it's a new contract?AdmiralKird wrote: ↑May 17 21, 3:09 amCurious as to how much more $$$ Albert will get from the Dodgers. With all the backloading on his 2011 contract, this may be the most expensive annual salary per unit of production for decades.
I'm sure the Cardinals could have had him if they really wanted. Doesn't seem like they wanted.