A year ago the St. Louis Cardinals signed 42-year-old veteran slugger Albert Pujols. While Pujols is a definite first-ballot Hall of Famer, at that time he hadn’t amassed positive fWAR since 2016. Even though the contract was pretty friendly at 1-year and $2.5 million, the move was considered about controversial — some folks didn’t like the Cardinals paying for what would essentially be a retirement tour.
Of course, we all know what happened next.
A year ago today, the @Cardinals signed @PujolsFive to a 1-year deal.
The rest is history.