Don't Count Out Albert Pujols Even After Stunningly Slow Start

If Jose Bautista is the game's biggest positive surprise this year, then Albert Pujols is its biggest negative one. The 31-year-old first baseman, who hit the ground running on Opening Day 2001 and has never had a season in which he finished outside the top 10 in NL MVP balloting, is hitting .261/.330/.407 as we near the one-third mark of the 2011 season.

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