Entering Friday's series opener against the Indians, 133 Major League players had more plate appearances with runners in scoring position than Trout, the consensus best all-around player in the game and a guy with a 1.208 OPS in that situation this year.
Putting the Angels' second-best hitter, Pujols, in front of Trout would probably improve that.
But plenty of issues come with that, too.
First and foremost, Trout probably wouldn't see many pitches to hit with Pujols no longer batting behind him. In the final two months of the 2013 season, after Pujols suffered a season-ending partial tear of his plantar fascia, Trout walked 54 times over a 52-game stretch, with nine of them coming intentionally.