Former St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Angels' Star Reportedly Wants to Manage in the Future

According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, recently-retired legend Albert Pujols wants to manage in the future.

Future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols, 44, continues to say he wants to manage one day, perhaps joining former teammate and close friend Yadier Molina. 

Molina, who managed Team Puerto Rico at last year's World Baseball Classic, also clearly has the managerial itch.

As baseball trends towards having former players act as managers, Pujols could be among the next former players to take the plunge, and he'd have the cache to win over any clubhouse.

One of the best players in baseball history, Pujols spent 22 years in the big leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicknamed "The Machine," he was an 11-time All-Star, a three-time MVP, a two-time Gold Glove winner, a two-time World Series champion, a six-time Silver Slugger, a batting champion and a Rookie of the Year. 

He sits in fourth on the all-time home run list at 703 and was a lifetime .296 hitter with 2,218 RBI. He led the league in slugging percentage in three different seasons as well. 

With today's managerial trends skewing towards former players, you often don't even need coaching experience anymore to get a managerial job, so it's entirely possible that Pujols could get a job in the near future. If he wants to get into coaching, it could turn to a managerial job quickly, as it did for new Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt, who coached for one year with the Mariners.