Miguel Cabrera isn’t making a winning-only-matters-type stand after all. The Detroit Tigers slugger will accept his postseason bonus, a MLBPA official told ESPN on Thursday.
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USA Today’s Paul White had reported a clubhouse encounter between Cabrera and pitcher Max Scherzer on Wednesday in which the first baseman said he would be forgoing his bonus.
White wrote:
"Cabrera was sitting at his locker before the Tigers’ workout Wednesday in Baltimore when Max Scherzer came by with a clipboard containing the sheets players must sign to receive their shares of the post-season playoff pool. That’s money, real cash money.“I’m not signing anything,” Cabrera told Scherzer. Teammate Victor Martinez, who had just signed, looked quizzically. Scherzer tried to explain.(…)Martinez and Cabrera continued the discussion in Spanish, with Cabrera finally saying, “I just want the ring.”Meanwhile, Scherzer shrugged and walked away."
While fans might be disappointed in the conclusion to this story, it would have made little sense for Cabrera not to accept his playoff bonus. It’s not as if accepting that money suggests his No. 1 goal is anything but winning a World Series.
Cabrera batted .313 and hit 25 homers with 109 RBI this season. The Tigers begin postseason play Thursday against the Baltimore Orioles.
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