Albert Pujols and Juan Soto compared over their first 1090 games
December 1, 2025
Albert Pujols and Juan Soto compared over their first 1090 games
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This Albert guy seems pretty decent.
Imagine what Pujols would have gotten in 2004 when he signed his 7/$100,000,000 if that was today 🤯🤯
Not too far off from the King Albert, but still not quite there
Albert is the greatest hitter of the 21st century
God, we were SPOILED with Albert.
Juan Soto is pretty amazing, too. His plate discipline is on another planet.
What’s the point?
You’re never gonna get another Albert Pujols.
Unfair to compare a human to a literal machine
I figured the home run gap would’ve been bigger and hits a little closer.
The thing with Albert that stands out 15 years later is the average. He was a great hitter that hit for power and didn’t strike out much. He’s 40-50 average points higher than most great hitters today.
They called him The Machine, and for good reason.
Soto couldn’t carry Pujols’ jock strap
If you do hits + bb then it’s 1936 for Pujols and 1982 for Soto. But Pujols leads by about 40 HR, 100 doubles, and 130 singles.
Greatest right hander of all time.
I’ve always thought of Soto as the closest thing to Pujols in terms of profile. As great as he is, he’s still not anywhere near what Pujols was in his Cardinal days.
This makes me feel at least two things:
1. I hate that Pujols got robbed of at least a couple more MVPs by roided up Bonds (and that Ryan Howard year – nothing against Howard but still)
2. Soto is really really really good to be so close in so many categories
18 comments
This Albert guy seems pretty decent.
Imagine what Pujols would have gotten in 2004 when he signed his 7/$100,000,000 if that was today 🤯🤯
Not too far off from the King Albert, but still not quite there
Albert is the greatest hitter of the 21st century
God, we were SPOILED with Albert.
Juan Soto is pretty amazing, too. His plate discipline is on another planet.
What’s the point?
You’re never gonna get another Albert Pujols.
Unfair to compare a human to a literal machine
I figured the home run gap would’ve been bigger and hits a little closer.
The thing with Albert that stands out 15 years later is the average. He was a great hitter that hit for power and didn’t strike out much. He’s 40-50 average points higher than most great hitters today.
They called him The Machine, and for good reason.
Soto couldn’t carry Pujols’ jock strap
If you do hits + bb then it’s 1936 for Pujols and 1982 for Soto. But Pujols leads by about 40 HR, 100 doubles, and 130 singles.
Greatest right hander of all time.
I’ve always thought of Soto as the closest thing to Pujols in terms of profile. As great as he is, he’s still not anywhere near what Pujols was in his Cardinal days.
This makes me feel at least two things:
1. I hate that Pujols got robbed of at least a couple more MVPs by roided up Bonds (and that Ryan Howard year – nothing against Howard but still)
2. Soto is really really really good to be so close in so many categories
Modern day GOAT.
The machine ❤️