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Comparison shopping sluggers: Miguel Cabrera and Mark Teixeira

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:27:56 +0000

The Red Sox nearly landed switch-hitting first baseman Mark Teixeira last winter in a free agent deal that would have remade the franchise. When Teixeira instead chose to...

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Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera could tempt Red Sox

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:12:29 +0000

Second in a division-by-division look at the offseason plans of the Red Sox' competitors . Two AL Central teams might end up figuring prominently...

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Inbox: Any value in trading Cabrera?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:42:00 +0000

Is there any sense in trading Miguel Cabrera and using the money to sign other key players? What options to the Tigers have at the back end of the rotation? Jason Beck answers your Inbox questions.

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Miguel Cabrera on the block, Mets look at Branyan

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:26:04 +0000

A couple of items for your perusal. With talks between the Mariners and Tigers on the Curtis Granderson/Edwin Jackson front said to be stalled and a deal "pretty doubtful" (according to ESPN's Jerry Crasnick's sources), a new Tigers name is now said to be on the trading block: Miguel Cabrera, he of the one MVP vote that didn't go to Joe Mauer. (FYI, Albert Pujols WAS unanimous for National League MVP today, and rightly so).

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Cabrera joins Jackson, Granderson in Tigers' trade rumors

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:44:07 +0000

Sporting News staff reports The Detroit News speculated that trade offers for Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson and Tigers righthander Edwin Jackson have underwhelmed thus far. That belief is based on Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski's reputation as a quick dealer. If he had received a deal to his liking, Dombrowski likely would have made a move already. And the situation surrounding Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera apparently is similar. Rumors have the Red Sox among the teams interested in Cabrera, though Dombrowski declined to admit whether he has had any trade discussions about Cabrera. Detroit, looking to shed payroll, owes Cabrera $126 million over the next six seasons. The newspaper listed Red Sox righthander Clay Buchholz as the anchor of any Cabrera deal between the teams.

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Tigers may be open to dealing Cabrera

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:23:00 +0000

As if Tigers fans didn't have enough trade gossip to chew on, with the reported availability of Curtis Granderson and Edwin Jackson, the Detroit News speculated Tuesday that first baseman Miguel Cabrera might be on the block, as well.

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Mauer a worthy MVP, but deserved more

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:25:18 +0000

No catcher ever has won the Most Valuable Player Award unanimously, an honor Joe Mauer of Minnesota somehow was deprived of in the 2009 voting announced Monday by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Only one vote stood between Mauer and his rightful claim to history: a first-place vote for Miguel Cabrera, a powerful hitter, but a guy who played first base for a second-place Detroit team that coughed up a division title by finishing 1-4 while Cabrera went 3-for-20 and, on the last weekend of the season, was drunk and involved in a domestic violence episode. The vote was cast by Keizo Konishi of Kyodo News and the Seattle chapter of the BBWAA.

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Mauer beats Teixeira, Jeter for AL MVP

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:19:55 +0000

As expected, Joe Mauer captured AL MVP honors today in a lopsided vote, collecting 27 of the 28 first-place votes. I thought it would be unanimous, but one voter decided Mauer was worthy of a second-place vote. His first place vote went to … Mark Teixeira? Derek Jeter? No. It went to Miguel Cabrera. Miguel Cabrera? The Tigers slugger had a solid season, but after hitting .345 through August 25, he batted .259 over the final 38 games of the season as the Tigers watched their commanding lead over Mauer’s Twins fall apart. Throw in the fact that he was arrested in a domestic violence incident during the final weekend of the season - again, while his team was coughing up its playoff spot - should have been enough to knock him down a spot or two on the ballot. Keizo Konishi, a reporter for Kyodo News in Seattle, voted Cabrera first and Mauer second. Perhaps we’ll find out what made him vote that way, perhaps we won’t. Either way, it’s a strange, strange vote. Mark ...

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Cabrera finishes fourth in AL MVP race

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:03:00 +0000

While he didn't win the ultimate MVP prize, Miguel Cabrera's 2009 season did not go unnoticed by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

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Cabrera a part of AL MVP discussion

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:31:00 +0000

Could Miguel Cabrera garner American League Most Valuable Player votes from a Tigers team that disappointed offensively? It's an intriguing question, with an answer coming Monday.

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Should the Detroit Tigers Trade Miguel Cabrera?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:44:02 +0000

The Detroit Tigers are coming off of a heart-breaking finish to their 2009 season. After squandering away the division lead to the Minnesota Twins, they lost a one-game playoff to them and missed the playoffs entirely. The Tigers now seem focused on shredding payroll heading into the 2010 season. Edwin Jackson and Curtis Granderson have both been mentioned as possibly being on the move to lower a payroll that already sits at well over $100 million between just 10 players. Ken Rosenthal speculates in a recent column that if the Tigers are willing to dangle Jackson and Granderson, they should look at moving Miguel Cabrera as an alternative. Cabrera, the highest-paid Tiger, still has six years and $126 million remaining on his current deal. Rosenthal suggests that if the Red Sox were willing to offer Mark Teixeira an eight-year, $170 million contract last year, they should be able to take on Cabrera's deal with ease. He even offers up a proposed trade between the two teams: Jonathan Papelbon, ...

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Trading Cabrera makes financial sense for Tigers

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:36:54 +0000

The Tigers are looking to cut payroll. Ken Rosenthal has a suggestion: Trade troubled superstar Miguel Cabrera to the Red Sox.

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