Miguel Cabrera will undergo surgery in Philadelphia on Tuesday to repair a tear in his groin that limited his effectiveness during the playoffs.
"Those are decisions you have to make sometimes if not it affects your future," Cabrera told ESPN Deportes.
"If not it could hurt your career and that's what I based my decision on. I consulted with the team and made this decision personally so I could keep playing with the team. I tried to (play hurt) to take advantage of the chance we had in the playoffs because with so many good teams you never know when a chance like this will come along. It took me eight or nine years to get back in the playoffs and I wanted to be back there and help the team win."
Cabrera hit .348 with 44 home runs and 137 RBIs this season, but he was bothered for the last couple of months by a number of injuries. He batted .262 with two home runs in 11 postseason games.
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