Pujols signed a one-year, $2.5 million contract with the Cardinals on Sunday, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.

EDGE Analysis

The Cardinals expressed increased interest in signing Pujols recently, and the two sides were ultimately able to reach an agreement for the 42-year-old to return to St. Louis. After a dominant stretch with the Cardinals to begin his career, Pujols will take on a different role during the 2022 campaign, serving as a right-handed bat off the bench while providing a veteran presence in the locker room. He appeared in 109 games between the Angels and Dodgers last year and slashed .236/.284/.433 with 17 home runs, 50 RBI and 29 runs.

Pujols (illness) was activated from the COVID-19 injured list Wednesday.

EDGE Analysis

The veteran slugger was placed on the COVID-19 IL on Tuesday while experiencing some side effects from receiving his second dose of the vaccine, and he'll rejoin the active roster after only one day. Pujols has appeared in 16 games (three starts) for the Dodgers in September, going 5-for-21 with two homers, five RBI and three runs.

Pujols was placed on the COVID-19 injured list Tuesday since he's feeling some side effects after receiving the vaccine, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

Pujols recently received his second vaccine shot and will be unavailable for at least one day due to the side effects. The 41-year-old is eligible to be activated as soon as he's feeling well enough to play.

Pujols was placed on the injured list Tuesday but was not given an injury designation.

EDGE Analysis

The club has yet to specify what injury the veteran first baseman is dealing with, and until those details are disclosed, it won't be known if he's expected to be back in time for the start of the postseason. Pujols' move to the IL frees up a spot for Cody Bellinger (ribs) to rejoin the active roster.

Pujols went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a win over the Cardinals on Tuesday.

EDGE Analysis

The legendary slugger provided a dramatic return to the city in which he played the first 11 seasons of his big-league career, following a standing ovation with a solo shot to left field in the first inning. The blast was his 17th of the campaign and marked his second straight game in which he has gone deep. Pujols is slashing .260/.302/.491 with 12 homers and 37 RBI across 70 games since joining the Dodgers in mid-May.

Pujols went 1-for-1 with a two-run home run in a 6-4 loss to San Francisco on Sunday.

EDGE Analysis

With Los Angeles trailing 6-2 in the ninth inning, Pujols halved the deficit with a 425-shot off San Francisco closer Jake McGee to give Los Angeles some life. With the Dodgers finally getting healthy, the future-Hall-Of-Famer has been relegated to the bench most games as he's only had more than one at-bat in one of his last seven appearances.

Pujols went 1-for-2 with a solo home run in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mets.

EDGE Analysis

The first baseman launched a solo shot in the first inning to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead. Pujols continues to see a limited role, as he's logged only 22 at-bats across 11 games in August. For the season, the 41-year-old has a .243/.291/.440 slash line with 15 homers, 45 RBI, 25 runs scored and a pair of stolen bases through 261 plate appearances.

Pujols went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Sunday's 8-2 win over the Angels.

EDGE Analysis

Pujols came off the bench to replace Justin Turner and slammed a second-inning two-run homer off Reid Detmers to increase the Dodgers' lead to five runs. It was his first long ball against the Angels after they let him go earlier this year. The veteran is slashing .265/.310/.469 with nine home runs, 32 RBI and 15 runs scored in 158 plate appearances with the Dodgers this season.

Pujols went 1-for-3 with a double, two walks, one run and three RBI in Sunday's 13-0 win over the Diamondbacks.

EDGE Analysis

Pujols broke the game open in the bottom of the second, when his bases-clearing double gave Los Angeles a 5-0 lead. The 41-year-old was included in the lineup for only the sixth time in the Dodgers' 16 games since the All-Star break, and his opportunities could grow even scarcer moving forward. With Corey Seager and Mookie Betts recently returning from the injured list, the Dodgers are only waiting on Trea Turner to come off the COVID-19 IL before the team will have its ideal starting nine at full strength.

Pujols went 3-for-6 with two home runs, two runs, three RBI and a strikeout in a 22-1 win over Arizona on Saturday.

EDGE Analysis

Pujols singled in the fourth, blasted a solo shot in the seventh and a two-run long ball in the eighth to extend the score to its eventual 22-1 final. It was the veteran's first homers since June 20.