Albert Pujols says that the end of his current contract does not necessarily mean the end of his playing career. When that time comes, we’ll see. But would he ride into retirement like David Ortiz, who finished his career as one of the titans of the game?

(Post-Dispatch photo by David Carson)COMMENT: Sorry about another Arenado remark, but with the pandemic and the economic costs, the Rockies might be more desperate to get his contract off the books and might give him up for 1 or 2 players.Jack Flaherty (left), Tommy Edman (center) and Lane Thomas arrive at spring training in February. Lozano began working as an intern for Beverly Hills Sports Council in 1989, and was made a partner at the firm in 1996 where he remained until his departure in May 2010.Lozano's success has earned him numerous accolades in the sports business community. Over the last several years, a few surefire Hall of Famers have hung up their spikes — most recently Adrian Beltre and Ichiro Suzuki, and, going back to 2014, Derek Jeter. In that respect, the deal has But the only relevant question now is what the next four seasons will hold, when Cabrera will be 37, 38, 39 and 40 years old.At the start of the 2018 season, Miguel Cabrera's career was still broadly tracking some players that suggested a rebound might be in order: Not just David Ortiz, but also historic players like But after Cabrera’s subpar age-35 and age-36 seasons, most of his more encouraging “comps” have fallen off the board.Ramirez, who last played in the big leagues 2011, is a difficult comparison because his association with steroids cast doubt on some of There are no similar numbers for Guerrero because, quite astonishingly, he never played a game after the age of 36.Guerrero, who last played in the big leagues in 2011 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018, wanted to keep playing.

It’s the way all great sluggers hope to go out.In 2016, at the age of 40, Ortiz hit .315 with 38 home runs, 48 doubles and a league-high .620 slugging percentage in 151 games, leading the Red Sox to a first-place finish.He wasn’t just an adequate contributor over the final four years of his career. He has a 10-year, $10 million personal services contract with the Angels that begins after that. I haven’t closed that door. On August 22, Pujols hit a three-run home run and a grand slam against John Maine in an 8–7 loss to the Mets.

Unless you’re happy with the current pace of MLB play, the solution is to award a walk after three balls, not four.Fredbird thanks health-care workers at Mercy Hospital on April 27. (He’s since played for the Mariners and Yankees as well).He also has a $20 million contract option for 2020 that the Yankees may decline, making him a free-agent once again.Some team will undoubtedly sign Encarnacion this winter at a relatively affordable price, hoping he'll do what That was the way Cabrera hoped to end his career. But he found no takers in big-league ball and decided to retire.Unlike Ramirez and Guerrero, Pujols has job security through his guaranteed contract, which makes him a more apt comparison for Cabrera. DETROIT -- Two years ago, Miguel Cabrera was coming off the worst season of his career and showing the Even then, there was no doubt that the Detroit Tigers slugger would go down as one of the best hitters to ever play the game, a surefire, first-ballot Hall-of-Famer.

He posted a .744 OPS, just under league average (96 OPS+ and 96 RC+).Mega-contracts like the one signed by Cabrera typically seek production on the front end while overpaying for limited returns on the back end.
How do you assess him?
He even entertained the idea of playing in an independent league.