Albert Pujols returns to the Angels

Former striker big leagues, Dominican Albert Pujols, rejoined angels from Angels where he will serve as a special assistant to the American League team.

He announced the information this Wednesday pujols at the meeting he held with journalists in Tempe, Arizonawhere the Angels do their training for the season The big leagues.

“I’m very happy to be back here,” said the baseball veteran, who played 10 seasons with the Angels, who released him midway through the 2021 season.

“I don’t hold anything against what happened two years ago. It’s part of the job,” he explained. pujols.

Between his duties with the club, Pujols plans to serve as a special instructor in spring training this week and then travel to his native Dominican Republic during the season to help with the team’s prospects in the Caribbean country.

Pujols, who pointed out that he sees himself as a mentor to the players, that as an executive director, he specified that he will do everything in his power to help the Anđel administration that he leads Perry Minasian.

The shortstop, who hit 703 career home runs in the big leagues, He expressed satisfaction with the career he had as a baseball player, but indicated that he feels good about life in retirement as a player.

“I was lucky enough to play 23 years as a professional, and I would do it again if I had to, but I’m very happy where I am now in my life,” revealed ‘La Máquina’, as he is known. pujols.

With a .296 average and 2,218 RBI in 23 years, pujols He knows that he has the experience and status to guide and instruct the players of the franchise with his advice.

“My job is to help these guys improve and become the superstars they want to be,” said Pujols, who recalled that other veterans were doing the same job when he reached his peak. MLB.

“My job is the same as many veterans who helped me in the early days,” said the Dominican