Albert Pujols open to becoming a manger, says his 'name is in the hat' after recent MLB firings

Albert Pujols got a sensation of managing during the World Baseball Classic, and it definite seems similar he's caught the fever.

The St. Louis Cardinals fable could person sat beauteous aft blasting 703 location runs successful his illustrious career, but helium loves the crippled and continues to beryllium astir it.

But helium wants to beryllium successful it deeper, and fixed the caller managerial firings successful Major League Baseball, Pujols said helium is waiting for the close opportunity.

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Manager Albert Pujols of Team Dominican Republic participates successful a signifier league for the 2026 World Baseball Classic astatine loanDepot parkland successful Miami, Florida, connected March 12, 2026. (Gene Wang/Capture At Media/Getty Images)

"My sanction is successful the hat," Pujols told Fox News Digital. "I mean, listen, I'm not gonna unit it. I deliberation erstwhile the accidental is close -- I ne'er was the subordinate that I forced things. I fto things travel to maine and prepared myself.

"My dada utilized to archer me, power what you tin control. Don't effort to power the things that are retired of your control. So I'm waiting for an opportunity. If it happens, great, I'll beryllium ready. If it doesn't happen, past I'm truly excited and blessed with the vocation that I have."

Pujols knows, though, that being an MLB manager is simply a thankless job.

"When you win, the squad wins. When you lose, the manager loses," helium joked.

Albert Pujols watches aft hitting his 700th vocation location tally during the 4th inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers successful Los Angeles connected Sept. 23, 2022. (Ashley Landis/AP)

But different parts of managing, Pujols said, "have changed a lot," notably with beforehand offices expanding their accidental successful regular lineups.

"I played successful 3 periods: '01 to '10, '10 to '20, and past '20 to '22. So, I saw everything. I person seen this crippled unusual truthful much, but I deliberation astatine the extremity of the day, I deliberation the communication, whether it's with the beforehand office, arsenic a manager, your connection with your GM is truthful important, due to the fact that that's gonna transportation into the ballplayers," helium said.

If Pujols' archetypal managerial occupation is thing similar his stint successful the World Baseball Classic, he'd beryllium beauteous happy.

"Having each that endowment that we had, representing our state successful the World Baseball Classic, it wasn't astir teaching this feline however to play the game. These guys were professional. They cognize however to play the game," Pujols said. "It was much astir their responsibility, and small things that I tin assistance them out, and, you know, penning that lineup, and effort to beryllium there, marque decisions, and marque the champion lineup to triumph games."

Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals gestures skyward aft hitting a solo location tally during the 3rd inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates astatine Busch Stadium successful St. Louis, Missouri, connected Oct. 2, 2022. (Scott Kane/Getty Images)

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The Boston Red Sox fired Alex Cora, and days later, the Philadelphia Phillies relieved Rob Thomson of his duties. New York Mets fans person been clamoring for Carlos Mendoza to get the axe, but helium remains successful his post.

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