Miguel Cabrera to sign huge contract extension

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 22, 2008 9:36 PM CDT Comment 33 comments

ESPN is reporting that the Tigers and Miguel Cabrera have agreed to a contract extension worth $153.3 million over 8 years.

The story says that Cabrera will get $11.3 million in 2008, and $19 million per year thereafter, but the numbers don't really work out that way, so we'll have to see once we get a clarification.

However...this is a very good deal for the Tigers, who get one of the best hitters in baseball through his age 32 season for what is, all in all, a pretty reasonable amount. The length isn't such a big issue, given Cabrera's age, and $19 million per year for an elite hitter is probably below market rate right now.

If the Rangers could have gotten Cabrera for $22-23 million per year over 8 years, I'd have been ecstatic.

Great deal for Detroit, if true.

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For their

sake, hope he keeps in shape rather than what pace he is on now.

But he is a elite player, great deal for them.

On the subject of elite hitters, what is the Manny deal going to look like next year?

How many years will it take to sign him?

Milton Bradley for MVP

by miles on Mar 22, 2008 9:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

Cabrera is an absolute stud. By the time his contract runs its course, elite players will likely be getting 30 million.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia: The Man, the Myth; The Alphabet.

by BudLight on Mar 22, 2008 10:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

By the time

his contract is up, he also could he 300 pounds...

Milton Bradley for MVP

by miles on Mar 22, 2008 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well

He supposedly lost 20-30 lbs. this offseason.

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 22, 2008 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, my bad.

Didn't know that, I take back my comment then.

Milton Bradley for MVP

by miles on Mar 22, 2008 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

and

every other comment you've made about his weight?

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by ab03 on Mar 22, 2008 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ive

been a fan of him since 03 playoff heroics, I guess he just got lost in that crappy Florida team.

I have actually defended him on this site before, he is a great talent at such a young age.

I will always be a fan of him, he did beat those dreaded Yankees in a world series. :)

Milton Bradley for MVP

by miles on Mar 22, 2008 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

actually

i might be confused. did you not make predictions about him getting fat? I tried looking through past posts but I can't find any. if you didn't, then I apologize.

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by ab03 on Mar 22, 2008 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I might

have been kidding around or something, but I don't wish that on him.

Being on that Florida team would be pretty depressing, no light at the end of the tunnel.

I wish him the best of luck, just not against the Rangers

Milton Bradley for MVP

by miles on Mar 22, 2008 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ive seem some video of him in ST

he looks a lot better than last year

by DSheppard on Mar 22, 2008 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thats

good news. At such a young age, I think he could become one of the best hitters of all time.

Milton Bradley for MVP

by miles on Mar 22, 2008 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I doubt they'll land 30 million

After all that was Hicks reasoning for A-Rod's large contract back in 2000. He figured in 5 years A-Rod's salary was going to be a bargain compared to other deals.

In hindsight he was correct, only it was a bargain for the Yanks

by Taylor on Mar 23, 2008 7:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow,

surprised they got this done so quickly and at such a relatively team friendly price.

A working class hero is something to be.

by t ball on Mar 22, 2008 10:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

If we could have gotten that contract

Then I would have been fine with giving up a ton to get him.

by DSheppard on Mar 22, 2008 10:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

jealous

If I owned a lightsaber, the blade color would be black light, so that I could use it to fight evil and to liven-up parties.

by rooster on Mar 22, 2008 10:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I Almost...

don't believe this is being accurately reported. The numbers are SO far off what had been discussed in the media this spring. Why would Miggy give a hometown discount BEFORE even playing a game in Detroit and just a year before free agency? This just doesn't make sense, although I congratulate the Tigers I guess.

by TexasTiger on Mar 22, 2008 10:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

he's a fatty

the truth.

by Longhorn on Mar 22, 2008 10:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

He's a fatty whose "most similar by age comps" are:

21: Hank Aaron
22: Hank Aaron
23: Hank Aaron
24: Hank Aaron

A Lonestar in California

by lonestarJon on Mar 22, 2008 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Was

Babe Ruth like that in his early years or was that later years?

Milton Bradley for MVP

by miles on Mar 22, 2008 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Babe Ruth's most similar by age

23: Will Clark
24: Mike Greenwell
25: Chuck Clein
26-33: Ted Williams
34: Willie Mays
35-37: Jimmie Foxx

And here's the kicker: ages 38 though 40:

Barry Bonds

A Lonestar in California

by lonestarJon on Mar 22, 2008 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's nice

he's still a fatty like Carlos Lee.

the truth.

by Longhorn on Mar 22, 2008 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's a ton better than Carlos Lee

And if he can hit like that, who gives a crap how fat he is?

See also: David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, Babe Ruth...

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by lonestarJon on Mar 22, 2008 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

chill dood

all i said is that he was fat. Fat like Lee. I didn't say he played like Lee. I'm just joking man, you know, like AJM does about fatty Bart Colon.

the truth.

by Longhorn on Mar 22, 2008 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, sorry

But there are people who'll make his weight an issue. Not that I'm a Miggy Cabrera fan, but when you're as good as he is, you can be as fat as you want, just so long as it doesn't affect your swing!

I do think he should make an effort to get in shape and play better defense, though - although according to AJM above, he has.

A Lonestar in California

by lonestarJon on Mar 22, 2008 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sabathia

is good. :)

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by miles on Mar 22, 2008 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

As an actual fatty

I'm offended. Fat people don't get much in life. At least let us have our fatness, and don't falsely bestow it upon world-class athletes.

by brettgardner on Mar 23, 2008 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I garentee

you have more endurance than Colon...

Milton Bradley for MVP

by miles on Mar 23, 2008 12:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OT -- Rangers website

now looks terrible.

" Winning doesn't always mean being first,
winning means you are doing better than you have done before"

by coolaid on Mar 23, 2008 12:19 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Good lord.

It's like they took a basic shitty template, meticulously searched out anything that didn't completely suck ass, and proceeded to drop a deuce on it.

by brettgardner on Mar 23, 2008 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

That is horrible.

There is no order, no substance of design - it looks like somebody blindfolded themselves and randomly threw the content all over the page. Eeeww.

A Lonestar in California

by lonestarJon on Mar 23, 2008 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

not THAT bad

but definitely a meh update.

its like that for every team now by the way.

anyway it will look better when the countdown clock is taken away and the videoplayer moves into that spot and things actually line up. unless there are ads that im blocking that make it line up now.

by DSheppard on Mar 23, 2008 12:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs