Originally posted by Rondec He's nearly 43 and has battled injuries for the last several years of his career.
Listening to the MLB channel and an interview with someone who knows Pujols, I think as much as he loves the game, Pujols is smart enough to know it's better to go out at the end of the season as an everyday player on a high note, rather than be rolled out for limited use, or even worse, have a bad season next year and which overshadows all his accomplishments from a great 2022 season and a career.