Miguel Cabrera (file photo)
Miguel Cabrera (file photo)
Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera isn't slugging a lot these days. The Superman of hitting, who normally bats over .300 each year, is batting a mere 256. Time after time, he's struck out with players in scoring position.
Did someone secretly put Kryptonite in his mitt?
Lynn Henning of The Detroit News writes:
Miguel Cabrera waved off an invitation Monday to talk, anywhere in the vicinity of his corner clubhouse locker at Comerica Park, about a 2017 season that does not seem to make sense.
When he made clear there would be no answers, and no interview, Cabrera was beginning to dress for Monday night’s Tigers game against the Royals. Others were left to delve into possible reasons for why he was batting .256 after 83 games. His latest hitting spinout came during the Tigers’ road trip at Kansas City and Minnesota in which Cabrera was 3-for-23.
His numbers for July are another, stark glimpse into a 34-year-old man’s baffling year: 18 games, a .212 batting average, a .587 OPS.Comparing his 2017 categories to career numbers are like studying two different players, realms apart.
