Tigers to trade Miguel Cabrera? Not a chance.
Tigers’ GM Dave Dombrowski immediately shot down rumors that Detroit could trade slugger Miguel Cabrera by the end of the season.
With one of his strongest replies to any question he’s been asked in his current role as the Tigers president and general manager and chief executive officer, Dave Dombrowski on Tuesday called the repeated speculation he’s heard on ESPN that the Tigers could make Miguel Cabrera available for a trade this season “completely absurd.”
“Not only that, but it upsets me,” he said. “We have no intention whatsoever to trade him.”
Dombrowski said he’s heard such speculation more than once on ESPN.“There’s nothing that can happen this year that would make us think about trading Miguel Cabrera,” he said. “The guy’s only 26 and might be battling for the MVP award. It’s not going to happen. We have an owner (Mike Ilitch) that would never let it happen.”
The Tigers gave up a five-tool prospect in Cameron Maybin as part of the package to acquire Cabrera from Florida, so why would they deal him this season? Like Dombrowski said, Cabrera is 26 years old and an MVP candidate – it’s not going to happen.
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This all stems from an off the wall report that Peter Gammons made involving potential help for David Ortiz in Boston. Gammons reported that the Red Sox could target both Cabrera and Matt Holliday to protect Big Papi, it was completely ridiculous of hi to say. It just shows you how rumors get started, you can’t just pick anyone in the league, whether they are on the block or not, and suggest they will be traded to the Red Sox or Yankees.
Peter Gammons has his head so far up the Red Sox’s asses it isn’t even funny. It doesn’t surprise me that he dreams up a Cabrera-to-Boston scenario since the Red Sox are the only team he thinks about.
It’s a shame too, because Gammons is one of the best – he’s just all BoSox.