Dallas - Arabstoday
Three-time National League Most Valuable Player Albert Pujols and southpaw starting pitcher CJ Wilson have signed multi-million-dollar deals with the Los Angeles Angels.The deals, coming on the final day of a Major League Baseball team owners’ meeting in Dallas, bring the American League West division club the two biggest prizes available on the off-season free agent market.Former St. Louis Cardinals slugger Pujols signed a 10-year deal worth $250 million while former Texas hurler Wilson inked a five-year contract for $77.5 million. “This is a monumental day for Angel fans and I could not be more excited,” Angels owner Arte Moreno said.Pujols battled an arm injury last season and still smashed 37 home runs and batted in 99 runs with a .299 average in 2011, the worst in a career that included helping St. Louis capture the World Series this year and in 2006. Pujols has a career .328 batting average with 445 homers.