Stars of the Big leagues like Albert Pujols and Giancarlo Stanton have had a second wind in their careers this season of MLB.
The Dominican got a job with the Los Angeles Dodgers after being released by the Angels and showing that he can still contribute to a team in the majors.
His line in the regular season was .236 / .284 / .433, with 17 homers and 50 RBIs, which although they do not compare to the numbers he had at the time when he was a 3-time MVP, invited to 10 All-Star Games and 6 times winner of the Silver bat, they serve to consider playing one more year and reaching 22 in his brilliant career.
Albert Pujols starting at first base against the Cardinals in the NL Wild Card game?
What a story! @middlebrooks thinks it should happen. pic.twitter.com/N3ToG9wqy0
– CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) October 4, 2021
In more than two decades of service, he has accumulated income in the order of $ 344,040,436, which is added to the money he obtains from his agreement with Nike and makes his assets about 170 million dollars.
Pujols, one of the richest professional athletes in the world, far exceeds Stanton.
After disappointing years marked by injuries and poor performance, the slugger was key this year with the New York Yankees and remembered the time when he was MVP (2017), winner of two Silver Bats and selected 3 games from stars.
Congratulations to Giancarlo Stanton for being voted the @MontefioreNYC Doing More Player of the Week. pic.twitter.com/myRSquWe7a
– YES Network (@YESNetwork) October 3, 2021
In 2021 he posted stats of .273 / .354 / .516, with 35 homers and 97 RBIs, his best numbers since the 2018 campaign.
With 31 years of age and 17 seasons Stanton has added income in salaries in the order of $ 143,933,000, in addition to the close to 2 million dollars that he invoices from sponsorships.
Although he was the first athlete with a contract worth more than $ 300 million (13 years and $ 325 million in 2014), his current net worth is about 40 million.