Cabrera's New Deal

[Flash3]

Cabrera Agrees To Richest Contract In Tigers' History
22nd March, 2008 - 10:37 pm
espn.com - Miguel Cabrera and the Tigers reached a preliminary agreement Saturday on an eight-year, $153.3M contract extension, a source close to Cabrera told ESPNdeportes.com on condition of anonymity.

The third baseman will undergo a physical on Monday to complete the deal, the source said.

The contract is the richest in the Tigers' history. Magglio Ordonez had the previous record when he signed with Detroit for $75M and five years in 2004. [READ]

It makes me so mad that we traded him, but what the f'k can I do. Ugh!

Hanley & Miguel could've been something special for so many years to come. But, it's only a matter of time before they move Hanley, too.

[risktaker91]

Works out to a little more than 19 million a year. Seems about right.
Man if the Tigers don't make the playoffs this season...

[Bleeding Green]

Damn, he'd get 25 mil a year easy if other teams were bidding him up.

Go Tigers.

[craig01]

That's a lot of money.........damn.

He's a helluva player though.

[Jakespeare]

He is one heck of a player that's for sure but you have to wonder how long it is until he cleans out the buffet and becomes a DH slowly and eats himself out of baseball. This guy has documented weight problems, and a bad attitude to boot. It will be interesting to see how this whole thing plays out in 5 years.

[34Celtic]

He is one heck of a player that's for sure but you have to wonder how long it is until he cleans out the buffet and becomes a DH slowly and eats himself out of baseball. This guy has documented weight problems, and a bad attitude to boot. It will be interesting to see how this whole thing plays out in 5 years.

Sums up exactly what I was thinking. This has tremendous Manny being Manny potential, but hey that worked out pretty well for the Sox.

[Flash3]

He is one heck of a player that's for sure but you have to wonder how long it is until he cleans out the buffet and becomes a DH slowly and eats himself out of baseball. This guy has documented weight problems, and a bad attitude to boot. It will be interesting to see how this whole thing plays out in 5 years.

There was a report late last year, which said he's in great condition and has entered some sort of program to lose that weight and put on muscle.

But, there was no visual proof....

[Jakespeare]

Right now he might be in shape (I still want proof), but that doesn't guarantee he stays this way.

[Da Schwab]

What proof do you need, it should all be right in front of you:

This is '04ish:



Him last year:



Him this spring:



His upper body still seems a bit big, but you can see a thinning in his legs.

I think this was a great investment by the Tigers FO and they will be happy for the next decade with the services of Miggy.

Plus, you haven't taken into account how in Florida, he really didn't have much to play for, which is why he began to get bigger and more ho-hum in his attitude. Now that he's in Detroit, he's got a chance to become a legit superstar, not just a fat kid who will never see more than the basement of the NL East.

[risktaker91]

^ The second pic is hard to look at. :S

[Jakespeare]

What does he really have to play for now that he has his fat contract?

[HCYanks]

To keep on pace for a Hall of Fame career, for a team that has enough pieces in place to potentially stay competitive for a long time to come?

Cabrera's just turning 25 next month, meaning he'll likely be in peak hitting form through most or all of this contract. His weight issues are something to keep in check, but you're really reaching if you think it should be a deal-breaker. If Mo Vaughn can stick around the league into his mid-30s, so can Miggy.

[Jakespeare]

If having a HOF career or superstar status mattered to this guy, he wouldn't have "checked out" when he did.

[A.J.]

great job by the tigers by locking him up long term
just imagine if he would have left detroit

[a-rod]

Let me first start by saying, congratulations to the Detroit Tigers, second i really think cabrera does have the talent to put the tigers over the top.....

[Flash3]

What proof do you need, it should all be right in front of you:

This is '04ish:

(picture)

Him last year:

(picture)

Him this spring:

(picture)

His upper body still seems a bit big, but you can see a thinning in his legs.

I think this was a great investment by the Tigers FO and they will be happy for the next decade with the services of Miggy.

Plus, you haven't taken into account how in Florida, he really didn't have much to play for, which is why he began to get bigger and more ho-hum in his attitude. Now that he's in Detroit, he's got a chance to become a legit superstar, not just a fat kid who will never see more than the basement of the NL East.

That last pic really looks as if he's shed the wait. Woah.

[Rip'nTheCourt]

Cabrera has definitely lost a lot of weight since last season.

This was a great deal for the Tigers.

[Basketball Jesus]

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[HCYanks]

He's underpaid because the free agent market demand for an under-25 top-5 hitter is going to be greater than every or almost every current contract around. Teams pay gigantic sums of money to free-agent players when they think the player will seriously bolster their lineup. Alfonso Soriano, Vernon Wells, Barry Zito, and Mike Hampton are currently #'s 7-10 on the highest paid player list (per Cot's; I didn't count ARod's old deal). Would anybody in their right mind list any of them as top-10 players, even at the time that they signed? God no, but they all had a high level of earning power as a big name on the market.

The last time a player with the Miggy's combination of youth and talent hit the market--ARod in 2000--it blew out the record for highest sports salary. Had Cabrera walked from the Tigers, it's a safe bet he would have landed 20-25 million per. That's why Detroit made out pretty nicely with this deal.