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Originally Posted by frazod
Doesn't he have some hagging arm/shoulder injury that he plays through which will eventually require surgery?
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Elbow.
The belief was that it was going to give out on him sooner or later. However, at this point they've pretty much decided that there's enough scar tissue around it that it's not inherently more likely to fail than it would've been had he never strained it to begin with.
There are, however, rumors of the possibility of it developing into an arthritic condition. Rest assured, we won't know anything about that now and the Pujols camp wouldn't ever let it out (but perhaps the Cardinals medical staff knows something we don't).
Then there are his constant nagging leg injuries.
Albert isn't a guy that's built to hold up extremely well. I keep coming back to Berkman; there's a very good chance Albert ages much like Lance did. That's a pretty scary thought for someone we're pondering giving away the farm for.