Pujols, 41, is in the final year of the 10-year contract he signed with Los Angeles prior to the 2012 season.
The Angels are releasing future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols, the team announced Thursday.
“The Angels organization proudly signed Albert Pujols in 2011, and are honored that he has worn an Angels jersey for nearly half of his Hall-of-Fame Career,” Angels owner Arte Moreno said in a statement. “Albert’s historical accomplishments, both on and off the field, serve as an inspiration to athletes everywhere, and his actions define what it means to be a true Superstar.”
Pujols, 41, is in the final year of the 10-year contract he signed with Los Angeles prior to the 2012 season.
Last spring, Pujols told ESPN that it was not guaranteed that he will retire once his contract was up in Los Angeles, saying he was taking the situation "day by day."
"I don't think about it that way," Pujols told ESPN in Spanish. "It's my last year under contract, but that doesn't mean I can't keep playing. I haven't closed that door. I'm taking it day by day, year by year, but you haven't heard from my mouth that I'm going to retire next year, or that it's going to be my last year, or that I'm going to keep playing. I haven't said any of that. When that time comes, we'll see. Just because you have one year left on your contract doesn't mean it's your last year. It could be, but it could not be. God hasn't put that in my heart yet."
This spring, his wife, Deidre Pujols, took to Instagram to wish him luck ahead of the 2021 season, noting that this year would be the last of his Hall-of-Fame career. However, the future Hall of Famer later denied he was planning to retire after this season, at the time of her post.
"Today is the first day of the last season of one of the most remarkable careers in sports!" Deidre Pujols wrote. "I’m talking about my husband @albertpujols who since the time he was a child would eat, sleep, and breathe this sport."
Pujols ranks fifth all time with 667 home runs, and he has 3,253 hits. He is the active leader in hits, home runs, RBIs, runs scored and WAR, among other stats.
Pujols has appeared in 24 games this season, the 21st of his career, hitting just .198, with five home runs and 12 RBIs.
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