Miguel Cabrera is awaited at Comerica Park, the home of the Detroit Tigers, to celebrate his 500th career home run at MLB.
The Venezuelan is living his moment of glory, but it is already clear that he will not be a player of Big leagues forever. At 38 years old, he is in the final stretch of his career and is already thinking about his future off the field.
Cabrera He recently said that he will be happy to play a couple more years and say goodbye to a brilliant career in which he was a four-time batting champion, two-time MVP, a World Series champion and the owner of the triple batting crown.
Miguel Cabrera press conference introducing bitbits, a new snack food by Miggy Foods. pic.twitter.com/HLoCCbMyOv
– Jason Beck (@beckjason) May 19, 2017
You won’t be short of business once you decide to hang up the glove. Cabrera, who in 2014 signed an extension for more than 200 million dollars, already has experience as a businessman.
The best known of its forays into the business world was Miggy Foods, in which it sold candy bars called bitbits and was a majority partner. The company was launched in 2017 and in 2019 its dissolution was made official.
Although “Miggy” is said to have lost more than $ 2 million, he was not disappointed by that and he kept trying.
“I think it’s easier now to start a business, because you don’t have to go on television to do a commercial. It’s easier to market your product,” she told mlive.com in 2017, at the launch of her clothing line.
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Just 36 days left?‼ ️@ miggy24 pic.twitter.com/C92bIG0VyH– MiggyWear (@MiggyWear) February 21, 2018
“When I finish playing baseball I want to do something else,” he explained. “That’s why I started my own clothing line. So when they came up with the idea for chocolate, I said yes right away.”
Miggy Wear –Miguel Cabrera´s Clothing Collection is still active, with the commercialization of casual clothing for women, men and children. The line offers caps, t-shirts, tennis shoes and jackets that are available on the www.miggy24.com page, although the social media account has not been updated since 2018.
In 2020, Cabrera also surprised with his debut in the world of music, thanks to his collaboration on a song by Sibilino. After he stops stepping on the diamond, Cabrera is sure to continue to speak for his investments and hobbies.