"Ultimately, the Cardinals held to fewer years, and Pujols indeed got a ten-year offer from the Angels, at $24 million per year, where he plays now. "

Yep, that's gonna turn out to be a huge bullet dodged...

"And now, in 2017, Pujols has, through today (July 28) hit at an OPS+ of 77."

...and there it is.

I'm reminded of Gilbert Arenas.

Great analysis. I found it interesting and I'm not even a baseball fan.