Knuckle Curve » hank aaron http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve Major League Baseball News from Spring Training to the World Series Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:16:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Tigers Extend Cabrera http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/tigers-extend-cabrera/ http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/tigers-extend-cabrera/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:48:17 +0000 Geoff Young http://www.knucklecurve.com/tigers-extend-cabrera/ Post from: Knuckle Curve

]]> According to ESPN, the Detroit Tigers have inked “third baseman” Miguel Cabrera to an 8-year, $153 million contract extension. With the understanding that the economics of baseball are inherently insane, this strikes me as pretty darned good value.

Cabrera was my dark horse candidate for MVP in 2007, and although it didn’t quite work out that way, the guy hit .320/.401/.565 for a franchise hell-bent on destroying itself and oh, by the way, did I mention he was only 24?

Sure, Cabrera got a little fat, but hey, who doesn’t?. Besides, just because the Marlins had no use for his talents doesn’t diminish the fact that he’s still an elite offensive performer.

Will Cabrera stay at the hot corner? Probably not. I mean, maybe for a while, but eventually he’ll move back to the outfield or maybe first base. You know how much it’ll matter? Not one bit. A bat like his will play anywhere. Seriously, his top comp by age every year since arriving in the big leagues is Hank Aaron.

Yeah, that’s kinda good.

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