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Monday, December 19, 2011
According to Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports, Pujols will get an additional $3 million from the Halos if he reaches 3,000 hits and $7 million if he manages to top Barry Bonds’ record of 762 career home runs.
Pujols will begin his tenure in Anaheim with 2,073 career hits and 445 home runs. If the 31-year-old is able to maintain the kind of offensive pace he produced in 11 years with St. Louis, he should reach 3,000 hits within the next five or six seasons. The home run record is more of a stretch, but it might be attainable if Pujols mashes for all 10 years of the contract. He’d need to average 31.7 dingers per season through 2021.
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1. Enrico Pallazzo Posted: December 19, 2011 at 05:19 PM (#4019346)But I didn't need to tell you that. :)
I mean, if he's good enough for his contract, they have to pay him more.
I guess it isn't that much more, though.
Sure. If you make $50k a year, you'd still be happy with a $1400 bonus, wouldn't you?
Diminishing returns.
You suppose that hurt his Hall of Fame chances?
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