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Albert Pujols denies claim about wanting to be every day player

Well, there’s another twist to the Albert Pujols saga.

A few weeks ago, the Angels shocked the baseball world when they released the future Hall of Famer. He was in the final year of his mega-contract, and it’s expected that this will be his final season. Just like that, he was DFA’d and his time with the Angels was over.

“He does not want to be a bench player of any kind,” Joe Maddon said about his former player. This guy has got a lot of pride.’’

The Angels wanted to move in a different direction.