Albert Pujols

Albert Pujols wound: Albert Pujols will miss four-to-six weeks with a small fracture in his forearm, a wound that comes just as he was heating up at the plate. Since snapping a career-long one hundred five homerless at-bat streak on May 23, Pujols had actually improved his ability. His slugging percentage was up more than 270 points since May 23 and he had more house runs in the twenty-five games since than he did in the forty-eight games through May 22. Most of his improvement in the power section since May 23 has come versus righties. He's slugging just .333 with no house runs against left-handed pitchers since May 23, later slugging .452 with 3 home runs against lefties through May 22. His slugging percentage versus righties has increased from .396 to .763, and all ten of his long balls since May 23 have come versus right-handed pitchers. Despite his recent improvements, Pujols is still off to one of the worst begins of his career. With Pujols out, the Cardinals could move Lance Berkman to 1st baseman and put Jon Jay in right field. Although he is having a down year by his standards, Pujols has still been a major part of the Cardinals' offense, leading the team in runs scored and tying for the team lead with Lance Berkman in homeruns. He is 2nd on the team in both RBI and OPS. Cliff Floyd and Derrek Lee have been mentioned as parallels to Albert Pujols since they both suffered similar wrist injuries. Pujols may not have it as bad as its being widely assumed.Albert Pujols wound