Miguel Cabrera Needs His Own Thread

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@DetroitTigersPR
With his 3-run HR in the 5th inning, @MiguelCabrera now has 1,557 RBI in his career, passing Willie McCovey (1,555) for 44th in MLB history.

man i would've expected 1500+ to land him a lot higher on the list

i don't think i would've, given my suspicion that Harold Baines has more.

(looked it up; he does)

guess it's time to reconsider harold's hall of fame case

Just hit no. 450. Now ahead of Bagwell, Guerrero. Just behind Yaz.

.238/.319/.396 is he hurt, Andy?

Now at .265/.352/.442. He's been dealing with back, groin, oblique, and maybe other issues.

@darenw
This is Miguel Cabrera's base hit spray chart since 2008. Doesn't get much prettier than that.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DAZKMMbU0AAnIVT.jpg

also oldness. he'll age well though, esp after he moves to DH full time

@msimonespn
MLB's new hard-hit rate leader for the season is ... Miguel Cabrera (27%)

@DetroitTigersPR
With his RBI double in the 6th inning, @MiguelCabrera now has 1,582 RBI in his Major League career, tying Al Kaline for 36th in MLB history.

hasnt hit a homerun in 3 wks

http://i.imgur.com/4HBGXTT.gifv

I only want to watch that in slow motion, for the rest of my life

to the tune of "I Only Have Eyes For You"

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/07/miguel_cabrera_venezuela_threa.html

DETROIT -- Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera is speaking out more forcefully than ever before about the ongoing crisis in his native Venezuela, breaking what he said was his long-standing rule against meddling in politics.

In a series of free-wheeling videos posted on Monday to the "stories" section of his Instagram account, Cabrera blasted the corruption of Venezuela's government, voiced his support for protesters and spoke of threats against his family that required him to pay vacunas, or protection money.

Never seen him more upset with himself.

i don't get to see him hit very often - is he hurt, or is he just getting old?

his wOBA (.328) is far lower than the low .400s that he posted the last decade or so, and even below his rookie year (.338)

if it's not a physical issue, i assume the insanity in venezuela / threats against his family can't help. :-/

Published before last night's game (during which he weakly popped up in a potential game-winning at-bat, and threw his bat into the ground):

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/07/24/cause-miguel-cabreras-slump-mystery-tigers/103968674/

Ausmus comparing 34-year-old Cabrera in 2017 to 27-year-old Bagwell in 1995 (coming off one of the greatest seasons ever) is bizarre. I wonder if he meant Bagwell's last two seasons.

@DetroitTigersPR
With 2 hits today, @MiguelCabrera has tied @TimRaines30 for 79th in MLB history with 2,605 career hits.

Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera is being sued by a Florida woman who says the two-time Most Valuable Player isn’t paying enough to support two children he fathered with her, setting up a legal showdown that could cost the superstar more than $100,000 a month.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/10/13/tigers-miguel-cabrera-paternity-case/106604104/

still a tiny fraction of his salary

fun fact: miggy is going to make more money from the beginning of 2017 to the end of his career than he made in the 14 years he didn't suck, and that's before the possible option years

i wish he would just take a year off to get as healthy as he can possibly get at his age and go from there

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/03/miguel-cabrera-tigers-teammates-names-bro-contract-mlb-detroit-spring-training

Miguel Cabrera has hit five balls with a 100+ mph exit velocity three games into season, according to Statcast. His RBI double off Felipe Rivero makes it an 8-6 game in ninth.

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) April 2, 2018

Third terrific play of the day by Miguel Cabrera. It's worth a repeat: Cabrera's defense is the most underrated skill owned by any player in baseball.

— Lynn G. Henning (@Lynn_Henning) April 1, 2018

note the time stamp of that second tweet

Cabrera’s health struggles last season — trying to play despite two herniated discs in his back — have left a scar, there is no doubt about that. He is going to be supremely cautious with this injury.

“I went through a lot last year, so I don’t want to do the same thing,” he said. “Nobody appreciates when you play hurt. I’m going to take my time and play when I am good. I played a lot of years hurt here in Detroit. They (fans) don’t appreciate that.

“When you are doing bad, they crush you. They crush you. They say you are bad. They say you should go home. You don’t deserve anything. You are old. So I say, OK, I’m done playing hurt. Now I am going to take my time.”

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2018/05/15/cabrera-says-past-efforts-play-hurt-appreciated/34957915/

Miguel Cabrera is hurt.

Miguel Cabrera probably doesn't need his own thread anymore.

show some respect

...I say with some sadness. (You may be barking up the wrong tree there.)

Not to harp on this too much, but there's some tremendous parallels between Miggy and Pujols here. The Cards are thankful every day they let Pujols walk after his age-31 season rather than giving him that deal.

— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) June 13, 2018

Officially out for the rest of the season with a ruptured left biceps tendon.

i wish he would just take a year off to get as healthy as he can possibly get at his age and go from there

― qualx, Saturday, October 14, 2017 4:41 AM (seven months ago)

Prescient post.

Not to harp on this too much, but the last thing the team's 85-year-old, championship-craving owner cared about in 2014 (and most other years) was overpaying.

Maybe the Tigers would have been super smart like the Cardinals and let Cabrera walk if THEY had recently won two World Series.

They didn't even need to worry about him walking -- he had two years left on his contract (I'm sure you don't need reminding).

I think there's a good chance Miggy ages like Thome did -- high OBP's and good power, but as a full time DH playing 110 games per year. His iron man seasons with 150+ GP are surely past.

36 today. it's getting ugly : /

think the tigers are going to exercise that second option year in 2025??

It's Miguel Cabrera's birthday!

Let's watch that time he was offered an intentional walk and said "nah." pic.twitter.com/MvDujabTiU

— Cut4 (@Cut4) April 18, 2019

He has looked even worse than the numbers indicate.

poll: if miggy tried to hit an intentional walk pitch today (and if pitchers still threw intentional walk pitches), could he still hit one 2 feet outside for a RBI single

my guess is the pitcher would have to jog forward a little to play it.

after Pujols, is this the worst current contract to be stuck with in baseball?

chris davis is a pretty bad one too

Ooh ya. Three first basemen.

what a moment

With his double in the 5th inning, @MiguelCabrera now has 560 doubles in his career, tying him with Jeff Kent and Eddie Murray for 27th in MLB history.

— Tigers PR (@DetroitTigersPR) April 23, 2019

MRI on Miguel Cabrera's knee is still being reviewed by "a lot of different doctors," Ron Gardenhire said.

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) June 2, 2019

Miguel Cabrera diagnosed with “chronic changes to his knee” as the result of a long career, according to Tigers head athletic trainer Doug Teter.

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) June 4, 2019