I am a firm believer of numbers do not lie.
Albert Pujols is one of the greatest hitters of all time, however he was on the juice.
Why did St. Louis let him go?
St. Louis is one of those teams that in my opinion make a lot more good moves than bad ones.
They knew something was going on.
Here are his walk numbers from 2005 through 2010
2005: 97
2006: 92
2007: 99
2008: 104
2009: 115
2010: 103
Pujols is clearly seeing the ball extremely well.
Now you can make the argument that he is being pitched around, however he showed major power 2001-2004 yet averages under 80 walks.
Now fast forward to 2011...
61 Walks?
Then they do not re-sign him?
Then his walk numbers go as follows...
2012: 52
2013: 40
2014: 48
2015: 50
2016: 49
2017: 37
Along with the decline in walks came a decline in batting average.
One thing steroids sure is good at is improving your vision and hand eye.
Some are going to say no way no way this guy was never on steroids etc, but just remember... how many people thought Manny was on the juice?
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