The star of the Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera will play in 2022 the 20th season of a brilliant career in MLB, in which he has already reached 500 home runs and is looking for 3,000 hits.
In its passage through the Big leagues, Cabrera has been distinguished by an offense that shook the rival pitching for a decade and that has led him to conquer a World Series, two AL MVP awards and the Triple Crown of batting, among other things.
His talent led him to land a couple of good salary deals in his career. The last of them, signed in 2014, guarantees Cabrera an income of $ 248 million for 8 years and will keep him in the 2022 campaign in the top 10 of the best contracts in the majors.
On this day in 2014, two-time defending AL MVP Miguel Cabrera signed an eight-year contract extension with the Tigers. Including the two years remaining on his present contract, the deal is worth $ 292 million, making it the biggest in major league history at the time
– Baseball Reference (@baseball_ref) March 29, 2021
Cabrera, who will turn 39 in 2022 and his penultimate year on his contract, surpasses MLB stars such as Manny Machado, Giancarlo Stanton, George Springer and Bryce Harper, among others.
At the moment, his average of $ 32 million a year equates him with Francisco Lindor, Trevor Bauer – whose future in the majors is in doubt because of his legal problems – and veteran Dodgers pitcher, David Price.
His 2021 base salary is $ 30 million and his MLB career pretax earnings coming into this season stand at $ 291 million, per @spotrac. He’s due $ 32 million in both 2022 and 2023. https://t.co/WHr2QzTDSr
– Bill Shea (@ Bill_Shea19) April 1, 2021
Leading Cabrera in 2022 will be New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole and Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon, tied for first place with $ 36 million.
They follow Mike Trout with $ 35,450,000, Nolan Arenado (St. Louis Cardinals) and Stephen Strasburg (Washington Nationals) with $ 35 million, and New York Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom ($ 33.5 million).