Bless You Boys Podcast 105: Miguel Cabrera is a very rich man

In an episode all about the Benjamins, Al and Hookslide cover the fallout from the Tigers' historic contract extension with Miguel Cabrera, Max Scherzer's contract negotiations ending in futility, the acquisition of ancient shortstop Alex Gonzalez and Forbes estimating the team's worth at $680 million. Bless You Boys Podcast 105 has a running time of 1:03 and features Al Beaton and HookSlide. Kurt Mensching will be back next week. Topics: Tigers, Cabrera formally announce 8-year extension, commit to 10-years and $292 million overall. MLB execs disgusted over Miguel Cabrera extension. Fans of advanced metrics are calling the Cabrera extension the worst contract ever. What a surprise! But is it really that crazy of a contract in retrospect? $30 million may look like chump change in ten years. Tigers were between a rock and a hard place. Let Cabrera walk in free agency, the fans get upset. Sign the best hiotter in the game to a contract locking him up for the remainder of his career, the fans get upset. Tigers' GM Dave Dombrowski contended it's better to extend a pending free agent early on the process, believing a player is more likely to leave the longer you wait. The Tigers may not be all that worried about the long-term ramifications of a contract extension thanks to the ridiculous amount of TV money MLB teams earn. Max Scherzer and the Tigers cease contract negotiations. Scherzer's agent Scott Boras claims it was the Tigers who rejected a deal. Tyler Collins makes the team as a left fielder. Tigers obtain shortstop Alex Gonzalez from the Orioles for utility man Steve Lombardozzi. Forbes values Tigers at $680 million, 15th overall in MLB. Anyone else think that figure sounds low? Doug Fister will start the season on the DL. The Tigers win the trade!

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