Mere hours after manager Brad Ausmus raved about veteran Albert Pujols’ pedigree, the Angels on Wednesday agreed to preliminary terms on a one-year contract with free-agent first baseman Justin Bour. The deal was pending a physical.
Bour would share duties with Pujols at first base, should both make it through spring training healthy. Of course, Pujols’ health has long been a point of concern. He had season-ending knee surgery last year and elbow surgery in September. He has not played more than 80 games at first base for the Angels since he played 95 games there in 2015, leaving a hole the Angels tried to plug with former players C.