MLB Twitter on Albert Pujols: "Such an inspiration and amazing player to watch," "One last award for a career headed to Cooperstown"

Albert Pujols not only returned to the St. Louis Cardinals to finish his career, but was also named the 2022 National League Comeback Player of the Year.

The beloved slugger ran it back with the club that he established his name with and along the way, picked up plenty of records and awards in the process.

The three-time MVP had a revival season of sorts during his farewell tour, posting a .270/.345/.895 slash line with 24 home runs and 68 RBIs. The 42-year-old also became just the fourth member of the 700 home run club alongside Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, and Babe Ruth.

He accomplished the feat by hitting two home runs against his former team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, back in September.

Pujols is generally loved across the league due to his fun approach towards the game. With the 2022 season being his last playing year, MLB fans sent their congratulations to the veteran slugger not only for his award, but also for a stellar career.

With his career wrapped up, the next stop for the legendary slugger will surely be at Cooperstown.

Albert Pujols awarded with Stan Musial Award

Albert Pujols continues to rake in awards even after calling it quits on his playing career. The Dominican legend was recently awarded the Stan Musial Lifetime Achievement Award for Sportsmanship.

The award, being named after St. Louis Cardinals legend Stan Musial, hit Pujols especially differently.

The award wasn't the only one in Pujols' accolade-laden trophy cabinet. However, with this one being the fruit of sportsmanship and named in honor of another Cardinals legend, the slugger stated that it just had more meaning in it.

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Daniel particularly enjoys furnishing reports about historic events in baseball and analyzing the game through a statistic-based outlook, based on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference. This is in line with how he enjoyed watching baseball as a pastime. As a writer, he is very particular about cross-checking from reputable sources and doing his due diligence.

He became a lifelong Hideki Matsui fan after his exploits in the 2009 World Series for the New York Yankees. Among the current generation, Daniel's favorites include Shohei Ohtani and Jung Hoo Lee. Daniel is a huge follower of Asian baseball and both Ohtani and Lee have been in the top echelon of their respective leagues during their time with the NPB and KBO.

His favorite moment as a baseball fan was the final at-bat of the 2023 World Baseball Classic between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout. He believes there aren't many words to fittingly describe the intensity of the moment.

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