Pujols signed his retirement paperwork Monday, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

Pujols managed to turn back the clock during the second half of the 2022 campaign, but it wasn't enough to persuade the slugger to stick around for one more season. He'll hang it up after slashing .296/.374/.544 to go with 703 homers, 2218 RBI and 117 stolen bases over an immaculate 22-year career.

Pujols isn't in the lineup Wednesday against the Cardinals, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

EDGE Analysis

Pujols started the last five games and went 6-for-12 with three home runs, a double, 10 RBI and six runs, but he'll get a day off for Wednesday's regular-season finale. Lars Nootbaar is serving as the designated hitter and leading off.

Pujols went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Monday's 3-2 loss to the Pirates.

EDGE Analysis

In what's becoming a regular occurrence late in the year, Pujols reordered another part of baseball's record book. His two-run blast gave him 2,216 career RBI, passing Babe Ruth for second place all-time, behind only Hank Aaron's 2,297. Pujols got to the lofty spot with a surge of offense, which has seen him homer five times and drive in 13 runs in his last eight contests. The future Hall of Famer is up to a .269/.344/.551 slash line with 24 homers, 66 RBI, 42 runs scored and a stolen base in 108 contests.

Pujols went 2-for-2 with a home run, a double, three RBI and two runs scored in Sunday's 7-5 loss to Pittsburgh.

EDGE Analysis

Batting third in his final regular season game at Busch Stadium, Pujols crushed his 702nd career home run, a 409-foot shot to center field. The future Hall of Famer also hit a ground rule double in the first inning to score two runs, but the offensive explosion was still not enough to give St. Louis the win in his last regular season home game. Pujols now has eight home runs in 26 games since the beginning of September and is slashing .268/.344/.543 through 346 plate appearances this season.

Pujols went 1-for-2 with two RBI and two runs scored in Saturday's 13-3 victory over the Pirates.

EDGE Analysis

Pujols continued to rake Saturday, knocking in Paul Goldschmidt and Lars Nootbaar on a first inning single. He came around to score shortly thereafter on Corey Dickerson's grand slam. Pujols now has hits in back-to-back games and has gone 9-for-27 in his last nine appearances. During that span, the veteran first baseman has seven runs, three homers and eight RBI and has taking his batting average from .256 to .263.

Pujols went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in a 2-1 victory over the Pirates on Friday.

EDGE Analysis

Pujols turned on a 1-2 offering from Johan Oviedo in the bottom of the fourth inning to put the Cardinals on the board with a solo shot to left field that tied the game. It was his 701st career home run and the 22nd home run of his storybook 2022 campaign, which saw Pujols become only the fourth player in MLB history to reach the 700-home run mark. Pujols is slugging .527 in 298 at-bats this season. The last season in which Pujols slugged at this high of a rate was in 2011 (.541).

Pujols is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game in Milwaukee, John Denton of MLB.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

After going 0-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in Tuesday's 6-4 win, Pujols will get a breather Wednesday after he and the Cardinals celebrated a division-clinching victory the night before. Now that he's reached 700 home runs for his career and with St. Louis having punched its ticket to the postseason, the 42-year-old Pujols seems likely handle a part-time role over the final week of the regular season.

Pujols is not in the lineup Sunday against the Dodgers, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.

EDGE Analysis

Pujols launched two homers Friday to reached 700 for his career and went 1-for-4 with run Saturday, and he'll take a seat for Sunday's series finale. Juan Yepez will bat fifth as the designated hitter.

Pujols went 2-for-4 with two home runs, two runs and five RBI in an 11-0 win against the Dodgers on Friday.

EDGE Analysis

Pujols plated Tommy Edman with homer 699 off Andrew Heaney in the third inning and took reliever Phi Bickford deep to left the very next inning to make history with his 700th career home run. The 42-year-old's .250/.324/.583 September slash line has dipped from the vintage lines of August and July, though Pujols' is still raking against left-handers with a .358 average and his .868 OPS is his highest by far since 2011.

Pujols isn't in the lineup for the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Reds.

EDGE Analysis

Pujols started at first base during Saturday's matinee and went 0-for-3 with two walks. Paul Goldschmidt will take his place at first base while Nolan Arenado rests his legs as the designated hitter during the nightcap.