07-21-2007, 05:21 PM
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|  Weird article about Miguel Cabrera and his weight
Weird as in how the author puts the numbers... not so much the point of the story http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/s...t&lid=tab1pos1 Quote:
It's not hard to argue that Miguel Cabrera is baseball's best young hitter.
With a .324 batting average and 18 homers at the All-Star break, the 24-year-old Cabrera is more than living up to the promise the Marlins saw when they paid him $1.8 million for his signature eight years ago after a fabled tryout on a dusty field in Maracay, Venezuela. Even now, in his fifth big league season, Cabrera is five days younger than the National League's hottest rookie, Houston's Hunter Pence. Life is good.
Except for one thing: Florida fans from Hialeah to Homestead are wondering if he's eating his way out of an all-time great career. When Cabrera brushed off a knockdown pitch and stunned Yankees ace Roger Clemens with a first-inning homer in Game 4 of the 2003 World Series, the 20-year-old Marlin was listed at 6'2", 185 pounds. When he reported to camp this spring, according to credible sources, he weighed 260. His range and agility are clearly compromised; his 13 errors ties him for the lead among major league third basemen. Which raises the inevitable question: With a couple of big-money arbitration seasons looming before his walk year in 2009, how much is this going to cost Cabrera? "I doubt the weight will scare anybody," says an NL general manager. "The numbers speak!" So we'll let them.
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