Albert Pujols

In the wake of Josh Hamilton’s historic night, where he hit 4 home runs in one game, the Rangers have decided to re-visit contract negotiations with the stellar outfielder and his representatives according to Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Passan. Twice this year we’ve talked about Hamilton, whether if the Rangers should sign him to a contract extension [...]

Much has been said about Albert Pujols‘ addition to the Angels, and everybody knows that it was a risky move for Angels owner, Arte Moreno. Because Pujols will eventually decline, if it hasn’t started yet, and having a 40-year old player earning more than $20 million sounds like a bad business decision. The best they [...]

Yesterday we talked about the Reds’ intentions of keeping both Brandon Phillips and Joey Votto, and explained how much we believe Phillips should make in a long-term deal. Now its time to evaluate Votto. Tracy Ringolsby of FOXSports.com, believes that Prince Fielder’s nine-year, $214 million deal with the Tigers and Albert Pujols‘ 10-year, $254 million [...]

Some sports fans prefer vocal owners like Mark Cuban who owns the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. Others prefer an owner like Arte Moreno of the Los Angeles Angels who works behind the scenes by signing the checks for the big time free agent signings like Albert Pujols but also attends most home games to [...]

With huge free agency contracts being awarded to players, such as the landmark off season agreement between Albert Pujols and the Angels, do you ever wonder how free agency came about in baseball? Curt Flood was a successful MLB player who earned seven Gold Glove Awards, played in three All-Star Games, [...]

Our fifth Financial Report is dedicated to the NL Central Champions Milwaukee Brewers. A team that desperately tried to compete this season before their biggest star Prince Fielder hit free agency. In 2011 the Brewers won 96 regular season games, or 47 above the 49 games won line. They paid $85,497,333 in total salary breaking down [...]

Here’s a running list of rumors around the Major Leagues: – Carlos Pena remains a possibility to the St. Louis Cardinals to replace Albert Pujols according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports. He adds the the Cardinals could also look at Carlos Beltran and Jimmy Rollins. Whether the will pursue Prince Fielder remains unknown. – The Texas Rangers [...]

Even though Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman is not scheduled to hit free agency until after the 2013 season, Mark Zuckerman of CSNWashington believes the team should learn from what happened with the Cardinals and Albert Pujols and start working on a deal now. Zuckerman says that there’s a lesson in all this. And the lesson [...]

The Los Angeles Angels have agreed to terms with first baseman Albert Pujols according to Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports. Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports adds that Pujols’ deal could reach $254 million and Danny Knobler of CBSSports adds that Pujols has a full no-trade clause in his contract. Pujols total contract value puts him just ahead of [...]

Follow the action on this page as we follow the Pujols’ rumors from the Winter Meetings: – A source close to  Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports reports that Albert Pujols will sign with the Los Angeles Angels for ten-years worth between $250 million and $260 million.  The deal includes a full no-trade clause. – The Los Angeles [...]