The the Angels Angels of Anaheim are funny. They had Mike Napoli, a very good hitter, for five years, but Mike Scioscia refused to play him regularly. After 2010, they trade him for basically nothing and then realize "Hey, we don't have any serious threats in the lineup!"

So they go out and bring in one of the worst contracts in baseball (Vernon Wells), and when that doesn't work out, they try again with another bad contract (Albert Pujols).

They could've kept Napoli for less than a quarter of what either Pujols or Wells are making.

The reasoning for not playing Napoli was "he doesn't field well enough." Two problems: A)They could've DHed him. B)This season they're often playing Mark Trumbo at third, and he can't play the position.

So now they're paying Vernon Wells $21 million for an OPS+ below 100 (77 to be exact meaning he's well below league average), and they gave Pujols a 10 year contract worth $240 million to be one of the worst players in the entire league.


A month into the season, he has a .245 OBP, zero home runs, and an OPS+ of 51 (!!!!!).

His OPS of .524 ranks 5th to last in the entire American League, ahead of only Brent Morel, Alexei Ramirez, Casey Kotchman, and teammate Erick Aybar.