Found this tweet interesting...

http://twitter.com/#!/TBrownYahoo/status/148211121973755904

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Details on Pujols contract incentives: He gets $3 million for 3,000th hit and $7 million for 763rd HR. Now at 2,073 hits, 445 HRs.

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He'll need 927 Hs and 318 HRs.

That means in 10 years he has to average over 92 Hits/season and almost 32HRs.

This will really come down to how many years he has left. As mentioned, every single hitting number he has dropped each of the last 3 years, and there is no reason to think he'll reverse the trend significantly. If he gets 173 Hits (avg per season), it will take over 5 years.

His average of 42 might suggest it. I don't believe it to be possible.

I think we can take that $10M off the contract and assume he won't reach either.

ARod:
32 - 138Gms/154H/35HR/.302
33 - 124Gms/127H/30HR/.286
34 - 137Gms/141H/30HR/.270
35 - 99Gms /103H/16HR/.276

I still can't believe at 31, he was able to get a 10 yr deal.

He'll get 3K hits no problem.

Not really bad incentives, I'm sure they'll be covered by their new $3 billion television deal.

3000 is the new hits leader?

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3000 is the new hits leader?

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DA94 rides the short bus.

[This message has been edited by Dr. Cub, Esq. (edited 12/18/2011 8:52a).]

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3000 is the new hits leader?

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Craig Biggio is the all-time hits leader, right? Maybe Gregg Jefferies?

Seriously though If I was a team owner I would never give a ten year contract of guaranteed money to a 31 year old man.

[This message has been edited by Steve Billings (edited 12/18/2011 9:28a).]

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Seriously though If I was a team owner I would never give a ten year contract of guaranteed money to a 31 year old man.

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All depends on whether that 10 year agreement nets the team a couple of rings or not. He will surely put 7 years of asses in seats. If his starts to decline (and he will) they will have already earned his salary back 10 fold.

Maybe I meant Cubs?!

Ok... I worded that wrong... my bad.

If poor wording is the worst I'm guilty of... meh.

He will be at 3000 and 600 before the end of year 5

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He will surely put 7 years of asses in seats

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Only if the Angels are winning. They aren't exactly the most diehard fanbase.

I don't know offhand, but I think the Angels have been in the top 5 in attendance for a decade or so.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance/_/year/2001

It would have been easier to just say I was right.

That's actually the shortest post DA94 has ever had on the baseball other board. Be thankful.

@MiniShrike - But you weren't. 3 of the past 11 years were not Top 5.

@Cranium - I've been known to give a Solari.