Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols will be sidelined from participating in baseball activities for multiple months after undergoing surgery on his right foot.
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Pujols’ Timeline for Recovery Revealed
Monday, Nov. 9
The Angels announced Pujols will be unable to resume baseball activities for four-and-a-half months as he recovers from the surgery, according to Jon Morosi of Fox Sports.
Pujols has had an up-and-down stint with the Angels since signing with the team before the 2012 season. He’s hit 30 home runs with the Angels just twice (2012, 2015) and exceeded over 100 RBI twice (2012, 2014) while failing to hit .300 or better since his time with the club. For the future Hall of Famer, his time in Anaheim has been a bit disappointing.
In 2015, he hit .244 with 40 home runs and 95 RBI with a .307 OBP.
Indeed, there isn’t much Pujols hasn’t accomplished. He was the 2001 National League Rookie of the Year, has won two Gold Gloves, six Silver Slugger awards and three MVP awards and has been voted to the All-Star Game nine times.
But it’s become pretty clear in the past several years that Mike Trout is the new star in Anaheim, to the point that pitchers have been pitching around Trout and taking their chances with Pujols. That’s certainly a new role for the slugger, though his power numbers this year suggest he’s been making pitchers pay for that strategy.
The injury will keep him on the shelf for most, if not all, of spring training, and it remains to be seen if he’ll be ready to play on Opening Day in 2016.
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