Detroit Tigers infielder Miguel Cabrera has agreed to a 10-year contract worth nearly $300 million, via ESPN and others. Needless to say, Cabrera won’t be finding himself fixing up a fixer upper in Detroit any time soon. Heck, he can likely buy all of them and still have a few million in change left.
Outside of the ridiculousness of a baseball player earning $292 million, this extension should come as somewhat of a surprise. Cabrera will be making $29.2 million at the ripe old age of 40. Considering his previous issues with weight, we could be looking at a combination of Bartolo Colon and Babe Ruth out there at some point in the near future.
Back to the ridiculousness for a second. This is how Cabrera’s new contract breaks down.
Per Year: $29.2 million
Per Game: $180,246.00
Per At-Bat: $52,612.00
Per Inning: $20,274.00
Per Day in the Calendar Year: $80,000
Per Hour: $3,333.00
Per Minute: $55.56
Per Second: 93 cents
And Some Reactions From the Social Media “World.”
CHECKING IN WITH MIGUEL CABRERA pic.twitter.com/LJ3I0hRbvJ
— Knicks Memes (@KnicksMemes) March 27, 2014
Live footage of Miguel Cabrera: pic.twitter.com/vtp0MXIzR1 — Ryan Gibbons (@GibbsGotThis) March 27, 2014
Miguel Cabrera’s $30 million/year & Justin Verlander’s $20 million/yr – the 2 will earn more than entire Astros & Marlins this season #MLB — Tommy Lorenzo (@sportsbooktom) March 27, 2014
If Miguel Cabrera is worth $300M and Mike Trout is worth $400M – how much is Jose Altuve worth? $500M?
— Archbishop Deshaies (@HouCounterplot) March 27, 2014
Miguel Cabrera should buy the city of Detroit and turn it into the world’s largest go-kart track.
— Ethan Booker (@Ethan_Booker) March 27, 2014
10-years, $292 million for Miguel Cabrera. 21 years after Mike Ilitch bought the team for $85 million.
— Brian McIntyre (@brian_mcintyre) March 27, 2014
When Miguel Cabrera is 40, he will be making $11 million more a year than LeBron James makes right now. Baseball is stupid.
— Robert Mays (@realrobertmays) March 27, 2014
One more bit of reaction from me…
Photo: David Manning, USA Today
