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Albert Pujols on Playing Past 2021: 'I Haven't Closed that Door'

Albert Pujols' 10-year contract is set to expire after the 2021 season, but he has not yet decided on when he will retire.

In a discussion with ESPN's Alden Gonzalez, the 40-year-old veteran of the Angels said that it is not guaranteed that he will retire once his contract is up in Los Angeles. Pujols added that he is taking the situation "day by day."

"I don't think about it that way," Pujols told ESPN in Spanish. "It's my last year under contract, but that doesn't mean I can't keep playing. I haven't closed that door.