Pujols ditched his plate discipline in his last Cardinals seasons and the Machine was gone. That dude used to only swing at strikes. In his first 8 seasons his oswing eclipsed 22 twice. Then it crept up to 26 and after that, 30+ every year. He never really lost his ability to make contact but now he was putting a bunch of shitty pitches in play. So glad we dodged that bullet.