Albert Pujols is the number one pick in every fantasy baseball draft (except in those drafts where a baseball-know-it-all fanatic picks Hanley over him... in reality, no one should be picked over Pujols. Let's be real here.
Pujols played his first game of this season yesterday and hit two home runs (one in his first at bat). He had 3 rbi's in the Cardinals 11-6 win against the Reds. The sea of red-dressed fans (either for the Cards or Reds) could not help but admire one of the best players to ever play the game hit.
There have been many players who have hit two homers in the first game of the season but when a player who is projected to be the best player every year hits two homers, it foreshadows a scary season for the teams in the rest of his division.
Pujols went 4-5; he has constantly been attempting to get the triple crown year after year--he's off to a good start and although it seems highly implausible that he would win the great honor, he is the only player that is a legitimate nomination to accomplish this.
When there was the whole talk about Howard potentially moving to the Cards in exchange for Pujols--I found no credibility to such a claim (although it might seem interesting). The reality is Pujols is the perfect cover for the McGuire steroid era, and of course Pujols has helped McGuire's image by now having him as his hitting coach. Pujols will go down as one of the best players to ever have swung a bat, and he will do it in St. Louis.
The home run ticker has begun... game 1--two home runs. I'm projecting 55 homers, 140 rbi's, 17 sb, and a .349 average.
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