Found April 24, 2008 on
The Futon Report:
It's easy to notice significant roster changes in the the Tigers lineup amidst a 10-2 walloping of the Texas Rangers. Verlander's pitching again! Renteria's on fire! And … Carlos Guillen and Miguel Cabrera are permanently switching positions!
Leyland had little to say about the switch. He didn't gi...
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March 26, 2008
The new Progressive Field sign was hoisted earlier this week to much fanfare.
And that's just the start of the excitement.
While the Tigers were busy adding and signing Miguel Cabrera, the Tribe's front office was cooking up new ways to spice up the already-pants-wetting excitement of the between-innings Hot Dog Race - a bit they stole by the way from Milwaukee, and don...
Via Bronx Liaison
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March 26, 2008
$153.3 million over eight years. Not too shabby for a guy some experts were calling "fat" and "a butcher" at third base. Although it's hard to disagree with the latter, Miguel Cabrera is definitely an elite hitter now and for many years into the future. The contract is the fourth largest in MLB histo...
Via baseballbigmouth.com
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April 21, 2008
By The Heckler
BaseballBigMouth.com baseball newsÂ
Revealing the worst-kept secret in recent Detroit Tigers history, today, the team officially announced that they have inked all-world third-basemen Miguel Cabrera to a seven-year contract extension. The deal, which will carry the 25-year old throu...
Via rotonomics.blogspot.com
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March 29, 2008
Previous Team Analyses: TB TOR BOS BAL NYY CHC HOU STL PIT CIN MIL LAA OAK TEX SEA NYM ATL PHI FLA WASDetroit made one of the big splashes this off-season, picking up Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis from Florida. The trade was odd in that the Detroit offense was already outstanding, but they move...
Via Oriole Post
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December 02, 2007
With the Hot Stove coming to a critical juncture, Major League Baseball will be holding their winter meetings in Nashville, Tennessee, and there is incredible anticipation for it this year.
The biggest topic of this year's meeting will be centered on two players – lefty ace Johan Santana of the Minnesota Twins and slugger Miguel Cabrera of the Florida Marlins. The two players...
Via SporTech Matter
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December 25, 2007
While no one is going to come in and replace Miguel Cabrera's offensive production, the Marlins have begun the search of finding his replacement. At this point it looks like any warm body who can somewhat play is going to get a chance. After reading about a rumor of the Marlins signing both Jose Castillo and Jorge Cantu from a reader on MB.com, I became skeptical. As of yesterday...
Via SporTech Matter
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July 22, 2007
Video of the Florida Marlins 8 run 8th inning against the Reds at Dolphin Stadium last night.
Fun Fact: Hanley Ramirez has 10 RBI in five games and is batting .412 this month. He's overtaken Carlos Guillen for the OPS lead among major league shortstops. He's now a full 120 points ahead of Jose Reyes.
Via mlb-rumors.blogspot.com
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February 04, 2008
The Indians are reportedly closing in on a contract with 16-year old prospect Edward Salcedo. Salcedo is from the Dominican Republic, and is seeking a big contract because his agent is the famous Scott Boras. Boras, among other scouts, have compared him to Miguel Cabrera and Alex Rodriguez. "This is ...
Via SporTech Matter
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February 13, 2008
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Via faketeams.com
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February 23, 2008
The string of infielders in which the NL dominates the AL almost comes to an end with 3B. There is little argument that Alex Rodriguez tops the list, but what about Miguel Cabrera versus David Wright? I'd take the 20+ SB of Wright over Cabrera, but I understand if others do not. If Ryan Braun ma...
Via mlbtraderumors.com
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December 21, 2007
A few good reads that I didn't know how to fit elsewhere.
LENIII does a Johan Q&A. I can't say much has changed but he does dissect the situation well.
Mike DiGiovanna also does a mailbag, with tidbits about Howie Kendrick, Miguel Cabrera, Paul Konerko, and many others.
I know I ...
Via mlbtraderumors.com
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March 28, 2008
I'm not going to make wacky, sleeper MVP picks just for the sake of it. Here's who I've got:
AL: Alex Rodriguez. Runner up: Miguel Cabrera.
NL: David Wright. Runner up: Matt Holliday.
Let's see your picks in the comments!
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Via fishstripes.com
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March 30, 2008
First this: as Jrsyeagle reported in the comments on Saturday, Miguel Cabrera scored a really nice new contract.
...which trails only Alex Rodriguez ($275 million and $252 million), Derek Jeter ($189 million) and Manny Ramirez ($160 million) in total value.
That's great for Miguel. And I'...
Via marlinbaseball.com
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December 16, 2007
3B Miguel Cabrera, SS Hanley Ramirez, and RP Todd Doolittle to Tampa Bay Devil Rays for SP Scott Kazmir, SP James Shields, and CF B.J. Upton
Via Dirtlocker.com
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February 20, 2008
Dirtlocker points for: Miguel Cabrera, Travis Hafner, David Ortiz, Jim Thome, Dontrelle Willis Filed under: Detroit, Tigers, AL Central, Featured Stories- Check out the post & scoring at Dirtlocker.com- Full post and images at AOL Fanhouse
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