Miguel Cabrera walks back comments, commits to 2023
On Thursday, longtime Detroit Tigers legend Miguel Cabrera expressed that he wasn’t certain about his future taking part in the game and was not assured he’d return for the 2023 MLB season.
In the future later, his tune modified, and he appeared adamant about returning to play one other yr.
At 39, Cabrera has proven a decline on the plate and has a wavering knee, which plagues him some days and is manageable on others. Even Tigers supervisor A.J. Hinch is not optimistic about Cabrera’s knee scenario.
“I do not suppose it is gonna get a ton higher,” Hinch mentioned this week. “He has his good days. He has his unhealthy days. I am clearly very involved as a result of together with his age and the way he is a lot he is performed, there isn’t any actual decision apart from you battle by means of it.”
Cabrera is in the course of his twentieth season and is a 12-time MLB All-Star (most by any energetic participant). Over his 20 seasons, he is batted a mixed .309 whereas knocking out 506 dwelling runs and 1,840 RBIs. He is considered one of two energetic gamers with 3,000-plus hits (3,074), solely trailing Albert Pujols, who at present sits at 3,340. He is additionally considered one of seven gamers in MLB historical past with 3,000-plus hits and 500-plus dwelling runs in his profession.
Some extra of Cabrera’s accolades embrace being a 2003 World Collection champion with the Miami Marlins, successful seven Silver Slugger Awards, 4 American League batting titles, two Hank Aaron Awards, two AL dwelling run titles and two RBI titles. He additionally had a batting common of .300 or extra in 11 of his 20 seasons, essentially the most by any energetic participant, and received back-to-back AL MVPs in 2012-13.
There is a contractual incentive for Cabrera to play one other season. He is underneath contract for $32 million subsequent season.
Cabrera is hitting .271/.321/.336 with 4 dwelling runs in 90 video games this season.
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