“I could have easily played the rest of the season, but I felt it was getting worse and worse, and we had to take care of it,” Pujols said of the knee. “I thought going to the DL would calm it down, and it did, but it started flaring up again, and it was time to shut it down. I have to look at the long run and get ready for next year.”

Source: Los Angeles Times September 11, 2018 01:18 UTC