Email a copy of 'Tigers Extend Miguel Cabrera' to a friend
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Email a copy of 'Tigers Extend Miguel Cabrera' to a friend
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Man… No reply on this? I know it was in the past, but who would give any player a contract extension like this knowing that the first year of the deal would start after he turned 33 years old. Cabrera is one of the greatest hitters of our time but hitting is all he could ever do. He basically failed miserably at all 3 defensive positions he ever played. Let’s not forget the Marlins traded him along with Dontrell Willis because they knew he wouldn’t stay in shape. He kept getting fatter. He had Andruw Jones syndrome (in the in shape regard). He kept getting older and fatter as well as defensively inept with Detroit and they decide to lock him up for $248 mill as well as signing another $200+ mill contract to a guy that fits the exact same out of shape description in Prince Fielder? Disaster written all over it. Even in the American League, you can only have one DH.