A Pujols for B Phillips trade

BigSpoon · 05-13-12, 08:14 AM

Phillips is not lighting it up either, but Pujols looks terrible so far. Just hope he gets a couple of injections to wake up his bat before it gets any worse.

yisman · 05-13-12, 10:32 AM

you might've gotten screwed

no guarantee pujols ever becomes a top hitter again

MCherry281 · 05-13-12, 01:03 PM

pujols has become a real poo-hole now. sucks to be the angels stuck with that contract

Pew Pew · 05-13-12, 02:49 PM

He has 254 millions reason he shouldn't give a fuuck anymore

nosniboR11 · 05-13-12, 03:38 PM

ok ok ok

nosniboR11 · 05-13-12, 03:39 PM

funny funny funny

Jericholic · 05-13-12, 09:24 PM

I think Pujols will end up with better numbers than Phillips by the end of the year.

EmpireMaker · 05-13-12, 11:03 PM

Pujols will turn it around eventually

ericthegangster · 05-14-12, 12:35 AM

Dude is probably 34 or 35 years old. HAHAHHAHA

ttwarrior1 · 05-14-12, 12:38 AM

should of been vetoed regardless

xxx · 05-14-12, 01:24 AM

i wish i kept phillips because its tough to find players at that position (2nd/ss). tried to pick up k.johnson of waivers but he was claimed. instead i picked up j lowrie who posted some good numbers last week but got cold this week. stashed s drew IR who is suppose to come back soon. players on waivers am looking out for are r roberts, m scutaro who have desapoint thus far. am thick at the corners, i have a gonzalez, a dunn who has found his power stroke back and b butler at utility. tring to trade one of thoses guys.

Grits n' Gravy · 05-14-12, 02:40 AM

Wonder if family is still based in StL. Might be affecting him.

MCherry281 · 05-14-12, 06:59 AM

he actually got a hit and an rbi last night. slowly turning it around

infamousbacardi · 05-14-12, 09:22 AM

Lowrie can play ball xxx, Pujols/Lowrie combo is much better than a Phillips/random 1B combo....You actually made a great trade by capitalizing on the minimized value of Pujols right now...

A guy like Pujols just has too big a track record to not take a chance on...this is just so far off any sort of year he's ever had...now a guy like Aramis Ramirez is probably DONE...he HAS had a year like this before 2 season ago and that is very damaging to his value this year for me. Pujols though, this is total anomaly and once Pujols gets hot (or just hits his 1st HR to get on the board), he'll probably hit 10 HRs in a week and go off.

I'd much rather stake my fantasy season on a guy w/ a track record like Pujols than hold Phillips in my back pocket and watch him get hurt again in 10 days and be out for a month while scraping around a .252 avg so far like he is.

Phillips is career .271 hitter, Pujols is hitting under .200 this year and is still a .326 career hitter...Umm yeah, I'll take Pujols and take my chances all day every day and twice on Sunday pal.

oiler · 05-14-12, 09:45 AM

pujols will turn it around ,no question

yisman · 05-14-12, 09:54 AM

Originally posted by infamousbacardi

Phillips is career .271 hitter, Pujols is hitting under .200 this year and is still a .326 career hitter...Umm yeah, I'll take Pujols and take my chances all day every day and twice on Sunday pal.

Obviously he still has a good average. A month of hitting badly won't do much to 11 years of stats.

infamousbacardi · 05-14-12, 10:08 AM

Originally posted by yisman

Obviously he still has a good average. A month of hitting badly won't do much to 11 years of stats.

That's not the point...the point is, he is hitting .196 and is still a career .326 hitter, meaning, it's an obvious ridiculous anomaly...though his average has declined every season over the last 4, going from .357 down to the .327 range and then to .312 2 years ago and last year finally in the .300 range...it wouldn't be silly to expect him to hit in the .290s or .280s, but 1) that still gives him an average in his worst season of productivity ever OVER that of the career average of B. Phillips and 2) from the position he is in that will still be a decent turnaround.

Again, the point is he is still a .326 career hitter even if he is only hitting .196 so far this year.

In terms of his contract with the Angels and them giving him 10 years...may be one of the dumbest contracts ever made in sports...in terms of him turning it around this year and trading B. Phillips for him, NO QUESTION a 100% MUST make trade.

yisman · 05-14-12, 10:24 AM

yeah I would agree. I think Pujols will outperform Phillips from here on out

peacebyinches · 05-14-12, 03:09 PM

yeah pujols could turn it around, hes not going to suck this bad all season

Redman3693 · 05-14-12, 03:18 PM

Only time will tell...

Bcatswin · 05-14-12, 11:35 PM

Not a good trade.

azn624 · 05-14-12, 11:47 PM

I think you got the better player, but we'll see in a few months

Grits n' Gravy · 05-15-12, 04:20 AM

Pujols will have a monster 2nd half.

peacebyinches · 05-15-12, 08:25 AM

yeah pujols could turn it around, hes not going to suck this bad all season maybe ?

ericthegangster · 05-15-12, 09:29 PM

Originally posted by Grits n' Gravy

Wonder if family is still based in StL. Might be affecting him.

It probably has more to do with the fact that he is at least 34 or 35 years old.

ericthegangster · 05-16-12, 01:46 AM

albert pujols is pushing 40

dudekid · 05-16-12, 12:07 PM

i am trying to make this trade myself, giving up b phillips for pujols...consider yourself lucky to make the 1 for 1...he wants napoli and phillips for pujols...you got a GREAT deal on him...although i have solid backup as allen craig is 2B eligible and luccroy as my backup C so i feel like pujols/craig/luccroy with the rest of my lineup is better than napoli/phillips and a rotating first baseman

Nick Papageorgio · 05-16-12, 08:38 PM

I traded Tulu and kendrys morales for the machine . You got a great deal btw.

xxx · 05-24-12, 01:08 AM

traded dunn and young for kershaw, so in a matter of two weeks i got pujols and kershaw for b.philips(2b/ss) m.young(1b/3b) dunn(1b) and picked up desmond, lowrie and middlebrook. am also looking at seager, c.jones, c,johnson and r.roberts for 3b alternatives.