Miguel Cabrera RUMORS & NEWS

Detroit Free Press "No matter how often someone hits the ball hard, winning the batting title can be tough. Miguel Cabrera repeatedly had shown that in the last few days before Friday. Beginning with his long final out on Wednesday, Cabrera hit the ball hard on five consecutive at-bats. On those five at-bats, he..." May 18

Detroit Free Press "You have to wonder if Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera could have made the play last season in Sunday’s 9-0 win vs. the Houston Astros, so we’ll let the reader be the judge. The Astros’ Brandon Laird led off the fifth inning with a grounder that forced third baseman Cabrera to move..." May 06

Michigan Live "Our weekly look at the Detroit Tigers: Who's hot: Let's not bother looking at how Miguel Cabrera has fared over the course of the past week or from the weekend series in Houston. His numbers through 30 games this season are ridiculous. Cabrera is hitting .385 with six home runs, 36 RBIs and a..." May 06

Detroit News "He absolutely doesn't like to do it. But, boy, he's sure glad he did. Miguel Cabrera flat-out ambushed Braves reliever Cory Gearrin on a 3-0 fastball, and sent it rocketing into the seats in right field for a three-run homer to give the Tigers a cushion in what eventually became an 8-3..." April 29

Michigan Live "Doug Fister provided the pitching, Miguel Cabrera the power. Thanks in part to those two, the Detroit Tigers are now all alone in first place. Fister pitched extremely well for seven innings and Miguel Cabrera homered and knocked in four runs Tuesday night as the Tigers earned a 6-2 victory..." April 17

Michigan Live "Miguel Cabrera is at it again. The reigning American League MVP and Triple Crown winner continued to mash the ball, driving in four of Detroit's seven runs Tuesday in a 7-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays under rain-threatened skies at Comerica Park. Three of Cabrera's RBIs came off an..." April 09

Detroit News "Presumably, he doesn't own pom-poms. And, he's not going to get in someone's face. But does that mean Miguel Cabrera isn't a leader? No. It just means he's not your typical leader — he just chooses to lead in other ways. So when a player such as Tigers reliever Octavio Dotel questions..." April 01

Detroit News "It is 11:15 a.m. and a hot sun is rising high off the Atlantic Coast, in Viera, Fla., not far from Cape Canaveral, which seems like an appropriate region for Miguel Cabrera to begin another day of pregame batting practice. He steps into the cage at Space Coast Stadium, squares himself, and..." April 01

Detroit News "He knew he was going to be awed by his new teammate. In fact, he was looking forward to it. This was more than a year ago, and Prince Fielder had just signed his huge contract with the Tigers. So most of the talk was about him. But some of his talk was about Miguel Cabrera. Or more..." April 01

Detroit Free Press "Curious about what the Tigers would look like without Miguel Cabrera? Tune in this week as the third baseman takes his talents to the World Baseball Classic, where he will play for Venezuela. "I'm excited," Cabrera said of participating in the tournament, though he has no idea where he might..." March 03

Michigan Live "An American League MVP award, and the Triple Crown in 2012. But apparently Miguel Cabrera isn't the best player in baseball right now. That honor goes to Los Angeles Angles outfielder Mike Trout, at least according to MLB Network's Top 100 Right Now list. Cabrera actually finished third, behind..." February 27

Detroit Free Press "If you were standing at the busy thatched-roof bar just above and beyond the leftfield fence at Bright House Field on Monday, you were in the center of the action. You saw Cliff Lee and Drew Smyly chat for a moment in leftfield before the left-handers got into the adjacent bullpens behind the..." February 26

Detroit News "In one of those Grapefruit League games where things can get out of hand, things got out of hand Saturday for the Tigers as they lost, 10-3, to the Blue Jays in Detroit's spring-training home opener at Joker Marchant Stadium. Three pitchers who likely won't figure in the Tigers' immediate plans..." February 24

Detroit News "No harm, no foul. A potential storm for the Tigers — the possibility a teammate insulted Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera — passed Wednesday with no ruffled feathers. At least, none that lasted long enough to cause a problem. In a Yahoo! Sports story, Tigers reliever Octavio Dotel was..." February 21

Detroit News "This isn't the first time reliever Octavio Dotel has been critical of the Tigers' clubhouse atmosphere. But this time he singled out Miguel Cabrera. "You have to step up and say something," Dotel told Eric Adelson of Yahoo Sports this week. "Miggy's more about his game. I don't see him as a..." February 20

Michigan Live "Frank Robinson. Hank Aaron. And Al Kaline. Those are three of the 10 players Miguel Cabrera compares to statistically through the age of 29, according to baseball-reference.com. So it shouldn't be a surprise one former Detroit Tigers great expects to be joined in Cooperstown one day by the..." February 18

Detroit News "A Hall of Famer called him a Hall of Famer, the highest baseball compliment of all. Such was the welcome that awaited Miguel Cabrera on Friday before his first workout of spring training. "Even if he never played again, he's a Hall of Fame player already," Al Kaline said of the Tigers Triple..." February 16

Detroit Free Press "After winning the Triple Crown last season, Miguel Cabrera has increased his chances to reach some significant milestones. According to the "Bill James Handbook 2013," Cabrera has a 58% chance of reaching 3,000 hits. Cabrera, who turns 30 on April 18, has 1,802 hits in 10 seasons. He is the..." February 04

MLB.com "The scope of the American League Most Valuable Player Award had barely set in for Miguel Cabrera when he already started looking ahead. He was talking about the honor last month on a conference call with reporters when the question of the future came up. "I always like to have something in my..." December 31

Detroit News "It's a fun debate, really, just where Miguel Cabrera ranks among the greatest hitters in Tigers history. Alex Avila can't say for sure. But he offered this. "He's one of those guys," said the Tigers catcher, "where you're retiring his number on the wall and making a statue. That could..." December 19

Fish Stripes "Stop me if you have heard this story before. The Miami Marlins, back when they were known as the Florida Marlins, had a superstar slugger with four years of team control remaining. The team traded a number of major league assets prior to the first of those four seasons, and the resulting backlash..." December 13

Detroit Free Press "Five-year-old Chase Kenny took two steps toward Miguel Cabrera and stopped. Chase, wearing a Cabrera jersey, looked scared and apprehensive, walking up to his hero. Cabrera sat behind a table Saturday afternoon outside DC Sports at Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights. Cabrera smiled and..." December 02

Fox Sports Detroit "The time for debate is officially over. Miguel Cabrera is the American League MVP and it wasn't close. Cabrera, 29, received 22 of the 28 first-place votes and 362 total points. The other six first-place votes went to Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels, who had 281 points. Texas Rangers third..." November 16

Detroit Free Press "The eyes have it. In a battle of computer analysis versus people who still watch baseball as, you know, a sport, what we saw with our Detroit vision was what most voters saw as well: Miguel Cabrera is the Most Valuable Player in the American League this year. "It means a lot," he told..." November 16

Detroit News "One group of voters mattered more than the writers in awarding Miguel Cabrera his American League Most Valuable Player Award during Thursday's dramatics in New York. The players. After the most divisive, most acidic, debate I can remember in my baseball experience, Cabrera beat a glorious..." November 16

Detroit News "Mike Trout won the WAR, but Miguel Cabrera won the battle. The slugging Tigers third baseman, the first player to win baseball's Triple Crown since 1967, is the American League's MVP, the second consecutive Tigers player to be so named. Justin Verlander won the award in 2011, and no sooner..." November 16

Detroit Free Press "Mike Trout was asked this week what about Miguel Cabrera most awes him. "His swing," Trout said. "Especially watching it from centerfield (while I'm) playing defense. He's fouling off pitchers' pitchers. But once you leave that one over the plate, he doesn't miss it. It's pretty cool to..." November 15

Detroit Free Press "Old school common sense won out over new school sabermetrics. Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers won the American League's Most Valuable Player Award over Mike Trout of the Los Angles Angels in voting by 28 members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The announcement was made..." November 15

Orange County Register "This is not an argument about two different visions for the future of our country. This is not the Big Bang vs. intelligent design vs. evolution. This is a case of two very different, very extraordinary American League players having two very different, very extraordinary seasons, with one..." November 14

Detroit News "Billy Crystal will be nowhere in sight. Likewise, no skits, dance routines, songs of the year, or concern for what the winners and presenters are wearing will be part of this week's gala awards ceremony in New York City. This is baseball. And while the game has its celebrity parallels to..." November 13

Detroit News "Billy Crystal will be nowhere in sight. Likewise, no skits, dance routines, songs of the year, or concern for what the winners and presenters are wearing will be part of this week's gala awards ceremony in New York City. This is baseball. And while the game has its celebrity parallels to..." November 12

Detroit Free Press "In 1974, Cardinals leadoff man Lou Brock stole 118 bases to break Maury Wills' record of 104 and became the catalyst for a team that came close to making the playoffs. Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey didn't lead the National League in any major categories in 1974, his first full season as a..." November 11

Detroit Free Press "The opposition: Mike Trout Mike Trout's biggest edge on Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera in the American League MVP voting could be called the "supernova" advantage. Everyone knew entering the season that Cabrera was a rare descendant of Hall of Famer Ted Williams -- capable of hitting for a..." November 11

Bless You Boys "Miguel Cabrera needs to make room in an already overflowing awards cabinet after being named Tiger of the Year by the Detroit chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America Cabrera was a unanimous winner, taking all 25 votes. It's the third Tiger of the Year award for Cabrera, who..." November 08

MLB.com "On Sunday, Miguel Cabrera cited family in town as the reason behind his much-chronicled exit from the Tigers clubhouse soon after Game 3 Saturday night, before the clubhouse was open to the media for interviews. Shortly before that, manager Jim Leyland had a talk with his star slugger about..." October 28

Hardball Talk "Remember when the Cardinals' Albert Pujols skipped a session with the media following last year's World Series Game 2 loss to the Rangers and everyone made a big stink about it? Now the Tigers' Miguel Cabrera is traveling that same road. According to ESPN's Jerry Crasnick, Cabrera "was..." October 28

MLB.com "Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers and Buster Posey of the Giants paused from their Game 3 preparations on Saturday at Comerica Park to accept the Hank Aaron Award as the outstanding offensive performer in their respective leagues -- the first time in the presentation's history that both winners were..." October 28

MLB.com "Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers and Buster Posey of the Giants paused from their Game 3 preparations on Saturday at Comerica Park to each accept the Hank Aaron Award as the outstanding offensive performer in their respective leagues -- the first time in the presentation's history that both winners..." October 27

Detroit Free Press "Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera has been named player of the year by the Sporting News. "He's a great hitter having a great year. He played his best when we needed him to, down the stretch," teammate Justin Verlander told the magazine. Cabrera finished the regular season with a .330..." October 27

Chicago Sun-Times "Could this have been the White Sox instead of the Detroit Tigers opening the World Series on Wednesday night? Should it have been? Would Ozzie Guillen be here, in uniform, instead of apparently taking this one off from the broadcast booth the day after the Miami Marlins fired him? Maybe if..." October 25

Bless You Boys "In the wake of the Detroit Tigers' sweep of the New York Yankees to advance to the World Series, Tigers star and MVP-candidate Miguel Cabrera will be featured on the regional cover of this week's Sports Illustrated. Tigers media director Brian Britten broke the news and provided a look at the..." October 24

Detroit News "The World Series is a day away and there are logistical issues, matchup issues and issues about what constitutes an issue. That's for others. The Tigers have no issues, even when it appears they do. From the manager who absorbs the hits, to laidback superstars Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder..." October 23

Detroit News "Miguel Cabrera isn't just playing for a World Series title this postseason. Whether he'll admit it, the Tigers slugger also is playing for his pocketbook, not when it comes to baseball salary, but in endorsement deals. A strong playoff performance, coupled with a world championship, could..." October 12

Detroit News "What players, pundits and others around the nation are saying in the wake of Tigers slugger Miguel Cabera winning baseball's triple crown Wednesday night: "I congratulate Miguel Cabrera on winning the Triple Crown. Miguel has been outstanding all year long by coming to play every day, showing..." October 05

Michigan Live "Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland kept a look out for the perfect spot for an appropriate sendoff. With two outs in the fourth inning, he found it. It was time to lift Miguel Cabrera. With his Triple Crown triumph all but secured, Cabrera received a tap on the shoulder and a hug from..." October 04

Michigan Live "As soon as the door to the visitors' clubhouse opened, a parade of bright-eyed reporters with killer-like instincts scoured the room, searching for him. Once the target was spotted, standing tall with his hands planted in his hooded Tigers sweatshirt, the flock of hungry media members..." October 04

Detroit Free Press "As uncomfortable as it made Miguel Cabrera, he had to stand there and take it — the appreciation of the baseball world. Manager Jim Leyland pulled him with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning, his special place in baseball lore secured, because he thought the historic occasion merited..." October 04

Detroit News "This is a mark for the ages, a stirring ode to old-school baseball, when hitters pulled their socks up high and just kept slugging. Miguel Cabrera did what supposedly couldn't be done anymore, and he did it with unflinching power and uncommon calm. Cabrera completed the unthinkable Wednesday..." October 04

Newark Star-Ledger "Miguel Cabrera was standing smack on the third base bag, arms folded — not hitting, not running, not even moving much as he eased through infield practice in Jupiter, Fla., in spring 2003 — when Jack McKeon first saw him and let sputter two magic baseball words: "Can't miss." Baseball men like..." October 04

Newark Star-Ledger "Curtis Granderson started his day at Yankee Stadium Wednesday by taping a congratulatory message to former Tigers teammate Miguel Cabrera for his Triple Crown feat. Little did Granderson know that he nearly ended the night by adding an asterisk Cabrera's place in baseball history, if not for..." October 04