Bold Predictions.

Randy Hill answers a question nobody was asking:

"Pujols will hit, trust me."

I trust you.


"Through his first six seasons, the St. Louis Cardinals' slugger averaged 41 home runs and 126 RBI. But his two-homer, five-RBI effort on Sunday left Flat Albert with three and seven, respectively, for the season.

Despite his relentless consistency, Pujols — now hitting .170 — may be setting a new personal standard for early season struggle. He hit .372 with 14 homers and 32 RBI in April of 2006 after checking in with a solid .286 in 2005."

In his first six seasons, the lowest Albert Pujols has ever finished in MVP voting is fourth.

His 162-game average is .300/.416/.625, 43 hrs, 131 rbis.

According to baseball-reference.com's Hall Of Fame monitor, Albert Pujols is already 81st highest of all time. After just six seasons.

Trust me, Randy Hill: Nothing you could write in your column, no contrary prediction you could make, could stop Albert Pujols from hitting.

This prediction is like rolling a die and predicting a number between one and six.