Positions: First Baseman, Leftfielder and Third Baseman Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-3, 235lb (190cm, 106kg) . Pujols finally had surgery in October, but is expected to be ready for spring training. Positions: First Baseman, Leftfielder and Third Baseman Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-3, 235lb (190cm, 106kg) . Team: Los Angeles Angels (majors) Born: January 16, 1980 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic do Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from Maple Woods Community College (Kansas City, MO). FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2020, file photo, Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols throws the ball during the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Tempe, Ariz. Pujols will pay the salaries of the Angels' furloughed employees in his native Dominican Republic for five months, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. There were people who thought I’d get traded in spring training. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday, June 19, 2020, because Pujols did not publicly announce his commitment to pay roughly $180,000 to cover the salaries. Pujols, his father, and his grandmother emigrated in 1996 to Washington Heights in New York City, where Albert witnessed a shooting at a bodega. Albert often had to take his father home when his father got drunk following games. ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Albert Pujols will pay the salaries of the Los Angeles Angels’ furloughed employees in his native Dominican Republic for five months, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday because the veteran slugger didn’t publicly announce his commitment to give roughly $180,000 to cover the salaries.The strict budget cuts made by Angels owner Arte Moreno during the coronavirus pandemic have included extensive furloughs for scouts, player development staff and minor league employees. Not bad for a guy whose price was depressed last spring due to questions surrounding his sore elbow. We present them here for purely educational purposes. He is likely to be the oldest player on a major league roster if the season begins.The Los Angeles Times first reported Pujols’ decision.More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsFILE - In this Feb. 28, 2020, file photo, Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols throws the ball during the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Tempe, Ariz. Pujols will pay the salaries of the Angels' furloughed employees in his native Dominican Republic for five months, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.
(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)Connect with the definitive source for global and local news Albert Pujols. The furloughs also included most of the staff of their Dominican academy in Boca Chica.The Angels established an employee assistance fund earlier during the pandemic to help employees, but don’t have a timetable for reestablishing their minor league and development staffs.The 40-year-old Pujols is in the ninth season of a 10-year, $240 million contract with the Angels, who signed him in late 2011 after he won three NL MVP awards and two World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2020, file photo, Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols throws the ball during the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Tempe, Ariz. Pujols will pay the salaries of the Angels' furloughed employees in his native Dominican Republic for five months, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. Albert Pujols needs 44 home runs to reach 700. The first baseman was born and raised in Santo Domingo before moving to the U.S. as a teenager.Pujols is sixth in major league history with 656 career homers, and he got his 3,000th hit in 2018.
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