Albert Pujols used to be a superstar. Maybe the best hitter in baseball for a period of time. You’d be forgiven for not realizing that if you only started watching in the last few years, though. Albert hasn’t put up superstar numbers since 2010. After 2011 the Cardinals chose not to bring him back, much to the disappointment of fans in St. Louis. The Angels signed him to a mega-deal that he’s still playing out for them.
But wait a second, you might be saying, I just said that Albert stopped putting up superstar numbers a full year before.