The Tigers have placed star slugger Miguel Cabrera on the 10-day DL with a hamstring strain, per a club announcement. Backstop Grayson Greiner has been called up to take the open spot on the active roster.
Cabrera has endured some nicks and bruises to open the season and will now get a rest. It’s not clear at this point how long he’ll be down. A hamstring strain can vary quite a bit in seriousness; no matter the prognosis, moreover, his actual progress will largely dictate the timeline.
The 35-year-old Cabrera has thus far now shown any ill effects when he has been in the lineup. In his 108 plate appearances, he’s slashing .323/.407/.516. Though he has managed only three long balls, he’s also carrying a healthy mix of 17 strikeouts against 14 walks.
That output helps quiet concerns over Cabrera’s sub-par 2017 campaign. Perhaps, then, it’s still possible he’ll factor into the trade market this summer if he can make it back from the DL in time to show he’s at full speed. That said, it remains difficult to imagine just how a swap would come together given the massive remaining commitment to an aging slugger who’s only capable of taking the field at first base. Cabrera is earning $30MM this year and is promised $162MM more thereafter.
As for Greiner, 25, he’ll get his first look at the game’s highest level. In 67 plate appearances this season at Triple-A, he owns a .259/.343/.414 batting line. Greiner was a third-round selection back in 2014.
“Cabrera is earning $30MM this year and is promised $162MM more thereafter.”
B.B.-ref, which you link to, has Cabrera at $30M for 2019-2021 and $32M for 2022 and 2023. It lists further player options which may or may not vest based on player performance. 3 x 30=90, 2 x 32=64, 90 + 64=154. Am I missing something or are they? It’s an untradeable contract either way, but where does your extra $8M come from?
The 8 million is the buyout of the option if it does not vest with a top 10 finish in the MVP ballot.
Thanks. bb-ref omits the buyouts.
Major flaw you just got owned
Really—how so?
Owned so bad get out of here
Still didn’t answer the question, WAH. Repeating the same garbage gets you nowhere. Try again—or just admit you’ve got nuttin’.
Regardless of the actual total, it’s ludicrous to even speculate on his tradeability. Why waste the ink?
Come on Jeff, the Tigers have as much chance of trading Cabrera as the Yankees have in trading Ellsbury.
Everyone whose play is worth a roster spot is tradeable, it’s just a question of how much money you are willing to eat. Pretty unlikely that the Tigers would eat enough, but who would’ve ever thought that Fielder could have been traded?
I thought I made it pretty clear he’s a very hard guy to trade. But if he’s still a top-line hitter, I wouldn’t call it impossible. Obviously nobody is taking anything close to the full salary.
Ellsbury’s injury situation, at the moment, makes him essentially un-tradeable. But he was a useful enough player last year and I wouldn’t fully rule out a trade of some kind. Again, he’s obviously not worth anything near his contract, but it’s not impossible to imagine circumstances where something comes together in the future.
even if they eat 100 million he won’t get traded